A month ago I posted about "promising young team Cimlová/Hlavsa" have split. Now I realize Denisa Cimlová will skate with a german dancer Joti Polizoakis:
Somehow I don't see a perspective in teaming up with an 8 years older dancer who competed 4 years ago for the last time
I guess someone has to balance my pessimismComing from Germany, I was initially disappointed a little with this news, too. You know here in Germany we don't have a lot of talent in international competition and when I heard Joti is coming back I thought yay, this is what the German ice dance scene needs. But Joti, whose mother is Czech and he is Czech as well as Greek and German, is now running in the Czech Team and I wish him and Denisa (she is really promising) all the success in the world. They both seem happy about it.
I don't know the background of Denisa's breakup with her former partner, but there will be reasons for it and she also sees an opportunity in this new partnership with Joti. I think the age difference in ice dancing is not that limiting and Joti has been to the training center again and again for the last 4 years and is absolutely fit. I hope we will hear many wonderful things about the new Czech team, even if my German figure skating heart is bleeding a little. I look forward to both of them.