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^^^^ 100% This!
Tennis & golf, both individual sports, seem to strike this balance fairly well.
Tennis & golf, both individual sports, seem to strike this balance fairly well.
Bruno Massot released from French Federation
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I'm really happy to see Aliona and finally Bruno skate again. But the whole story between French and German Feds is disgusting :disapp:
As someone already said, the French Fed has just started its political campaign. Plus is literally disrespectful from the German Fed to ask Bruno to pay the release. The pair already had to pay everything for their training during this time, with no support from anyone. I can't help but quote this! :scowl:
As someone already said, the French Fed has just started its political campaign. Plus is literally disrespectful from the German Fed to ask Bruno to pay the release. The pair already had to pay everything for their training during this time, with no support from anyone. I can't help but quote this! :scowl:
i see your point, but it's not like she never got the chance to prove she can be an olympic gold medalist before.
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I don't see how this is relevant? Should top athletes not be able to keep competing after they get a chance to win a major event? Should they be forbidden from trying to win it again? Should every skater who competes at the Olympics once never be able to enter again, because they had the chance to win, oh well? Should winners not be allowed to come back and win again? This is totally contrary to the idea of the sport.
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Until figure skating makes its next resurgence in popularity (always hopeful 
), most if not all countries, won't have a wealth of partners for pairs skaters and ice dancers to choose from. So I think that skating needs to be realistic about the limited choices for partners, especially at the top levels, and not make it so difficult for skaters to form a partnership if one of the partners is willing to switch countries.
), most if not all countries, won't have a wealth of partners for pairs skaters and ice dancers to choose from. So I think that skating needs to be realistic about the limited choices for partners, especially at the top levels, and not make it so difficult for skaters to form a partnership if one of the partners is willing to switch countries.
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Seriously... They still have to pay that ransom. Gezzzz...
There is also going to be an ice show at Chemnitz in December (Emotions on Ice).
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
Elizaveta Nugumanova,
Nelli Zhiganshina & Alexander Gazsi,
Shawn Sawyer
Lutricia Bock
Yukina Ota
Andrey Babichev
will participate, together with Aljona and Bruno. It will be on the 27th, at the faire in Chemnitz. Tickets range from 45-60 Euro.
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
Elizaveta Nugumanova,
Nelli Zhiganshina & Alexander Gazsi,
Shawn Sawyer
Lutricia Bock
Yukina Ota
Andrey Babichev
will participate, together with Aljona and Bruno. It will be on the 27th, at the faire in Chemnitz. Tickets range from 45-60 Euro.
I wish them a lot of success so they can pay it back easily. I remember Aljona and Robin always had financial issues so hopefully they can get some help in the form of sponsors.
Finding sponsors in Germany will be difficult because skating is pretty much nonexistant. Even after world and Olympic medals Aljona and Robin had hardly any support or media attention. The only channel that still shows skating is Eurosport and even they have admitted that ratings for skating are very low ( even by their standards ). It took Aljona and Robin years to land a decent sponsoring deal ( with a Swiss bank or something, nothing in Germany ).
I think it will be even harder for Aljona and Bruno because they haven't achieved anything yet. At least they have their federations support.
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Good luck to them in Tallinn!
Here's an interview we did with these two a while back at Nebelhorn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vRdcM3waQ You can see he's a bit of a goof and she's the quintessential professional.
We actually thought it would take ages for the French fed to release them... but so thrilled they can finally compete! :dance:
Here's an interview we did with these two a while back at Nebelhorn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vRdcM3waQ You can see he's a bit of a goof and she's the quintessential professional.
We actually thought it would take ages for the French fed to release them... but so thrilled they can finally compete! :dance:
Yep I am very aware of that but better to get something than nothing. It is probably going to be just as costly for training plus to 30 000 euros. If they do well at least the prize money can help foot some of the costs.
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Wasn't part of the financial problem that Aljona and Robin had to pay for their coach Ingo Steuer themselves (because the German Fed wasn't allowed to pay him)? Bruno and Aljona are not trained by Steuer, so this shouldn't be a problem now.
That is true. Nevertheless financial problems won't be small for aljona and bruno.
Aljona and Ingo were a couple for so some years. It seems that they do not even speak to each other now. In addition the relationship to robin should not be so close.
I have always been fascinated how sport brings different people together if there had been the same aim. And at the end there are big conflicts because the realtionship has been defined through the sport.
I recall a storry of a russian / soviet team that would avoid any interactions outside training etc to make sure they don´t mess up their work relationship before Olympics...
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Don't forget...Oh well... Grisukh and Platov...
