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I thought Ashley was going to compete for Australia ???
I thought Ashley was going to compete for Australia ???
There is also a rumor floating around that Paradis and Ouellette are no longer skating.
I hope that's not true. I hope they don't let their showing at Worlds get them down, since it wasn't bad for their first time there.
I recall reading that they were first Canadian ice dance team ever sent to Worlds that didn't make it to the free dance. If that's true, that's gotta be tough for them to swallow.
There is also a rumor floating around that Paradis and Ouellette are no longer skating.
It's a sign that the field is deeper than ever before, not that they were less competitive than previous teams. As it is, P&O made it onto the GP this coming season on their own power above Paul & Islam, defeated P&I at Nationals, and competed at 4CCs & Worlds. All a step up from last season. Yes, it's tough looking at 2018. But there will be room in 2022, and as of the moment, there is no sign that the current juniors are any more serious a threat than the senior teams currently hovering below the top three.
This will be Edward and Pang 3rd year skating senior domestically. They missed last year due to injury. Mackenzie and Dmitre ended up lower at worlds with a lower score than Mckenzie's time with Garrett. Some of the newly formed senior teams will be interesting to watch.
I think Ashley Cain should stick to pairs. They look pretty "tight" for barely skating together. I'm not sure how someone can do singles and pairs on an elite level. Others have tried it and been very unsuccessful. With the depth of the US women, that might be Ashley's chance for medalling.
Meagan Duhamel was competing both as a single skater and in pairs for few seasons. She made it into top 10 at 4CC.
Adel Tankova is now on IcePartnerSearch. Maybe Arina Cherniavskaia, who was recently released by Russian Fed, is the new partner of Evgeni Krasnopolski, for another two-years partnership?
He did quite well with Tankova. Why not continue with her? Maybe she's the one who quit. Could be he is not the easiest partner to get along with, as there have been quite a succession of ladies over the years.
That's not a very good achievement, top ten at 4CC, considering that apart of US and Japanese ladies (and maybe sometimes one Canadian but not always), there is no one else strong. It's like saying that someone is great because they were in top ten among Asian pairs - the only strong Asian pairs are Chinese and there would be only three Chinese pairs, that means place 4-10 would be pretty bad).