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Mr Rice you actually had a reason to think that, because this article from March 2020 said that Haven was stepping away from competitive figure skating.
"With both Chris and Haven Denney, Frazier's longtime partner, stepping away from competitive figure skating, Knierim and Frazier have announced their partnership ahead of the 2020-21 season."
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier Announce Partnership - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
In 2012, Alexa Scimeca had flown out to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to begin training with Dalilah Sappenfield, and was just beginning a partnership with Chris Knierim.usfigureskatingfanzone.com
But there were no quotes from Haven in the article, and if in fact she was retiring, it appears she may have changed her mind
A rule of thumb for me is that "stepping away" is not necessarily synonymous with a decision to retire.
And I think it was a bad idea for the Fan Zone article to speak of Chris and Haven in the same breath when it used the ambiguous phrase.
A pertinent quote from Haven was in NBC's Mar 25 article about the end of D/F's partnership:
... Frazier plans to continue skating, while Denney said through U.S. Figure Skating that she wants to keep all of her options open:
“I support Brandon and his decision to continue competitive skating with another partner,” Denney said. “I want Brandon to be able to reach his goals and full potential and I will support him no matter what. I’m still trying to figure out what’s next for me. I want to keep all my options opened, whether it be competitive or professional skating. ....” ...
“I support Brandon and his decision to continue competitive skating with another partner,” Denney said. “I want Brandon to be able to reach his goals and full potential and I will support him no matter what. I’m still trying to figure out what’s next for me. I want to keep all my options opened, whether it be competitive or professional skating. ....” ...
Haven Denney, Brandon Frazier announce split - OlympicTalk | NBC Sports
Denney and Frazier were the 2017 U.S. gold medalists and grew up skating together: first on roller skates before making the transition to ice.
olympics.nbcsports.com
It would be no change in tune on Haven's part for her to explore any possible new partnership.
- Mission accomplished for Chan/Howe's move to Boston, per Emily's Insta post today.
(They also competed at Boston Open over the weekend. [ETA (on Sep 29): Their FS score there exceeded their ISP Points Challenge first round FS score.])
- BTW, I don't know much about pairs, but if Tarah/Danny want to start fresh and think outside the box ... Skating Club of Boston's new facility looks beautiful.
(And it has an on-site sports medicine clinic.)
Ganicheva/Letov now are coaching there.
SCOB coaches also include Shnapir and (separately) Castelli. Plus Jimmy Morgan; plus the team of Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak, who are Fleming/Isbell's coaches.
SCOB coaches also include Shnapir and (separately) Castelli. Plus Jimmy Morgan; plus the team of Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak, who are Fleming/Isbell's coaches.
... If you have some links to more interview chat shows, I'd love to try them. ...
Also related to Skating Club of Boston:
I enjoyed Jimmy's series of interviews conducted during quarantine. The series is archived on a combination of SCOB's IGTV and YouTube channel. (IIRC: Not every interview is on both platforms, but SCOB's website will lead to all of them.)
The ones I watched all were very good: Shnapir; Fleming/Isbell; Lambert/Palascak; Max Naumov; Hazel Collier.
I have not watched the one with Castelli, plus there might have been a few more.
The ones I watched all were very good: Shnapir; Fleming/Isbell; Lambert/Palascak; Max Naumov; Hazel Collier.
I have not watched the one with Castelli, plus there might have been a few more.
skylark, my thanks again to you for your recent thread devoted to Scott Hamilton's quarantine interviews.
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