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Illinykh and Katasalapov also split and got back together before later splitting again.
2022-23 Retirements, Splits and New Partnerships
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Illinykh and Katasalapov also split and got back together before later splitting again.
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Exactly. Haven & Brandon split when they were juniors I believe. Maybe for one season. I'm not sure how long. I do know they competed against each other at 2011 U.S. Nationals in juniors.
There were a lot of young skaters in that comp who went on to become famous, including Chris Knierim (he was paired at the time with Andrea Poapst), Ashley Cain (who was then paired with Joshua Reagan -- they won the junior title, with Chris & Andrea in second). Timothy LeDuc took third with his then partner, Cassie Andrews. Haven was paired with Daniel Raad, and Brandon was paired with Mandy Garza. Jessica Calalang was then partnered with Zack Sidhu (her longtime partner off-the-ice). A.J. Reiss was then paired with Brynn Carman (who skated with Chris Knierim in novice pairs). Reiss would later partner with his girlfriend, Erika Smith. As well, Joshua Santillan was paired with Olivia Oltmanns. They moved up to seniors in 2012, but then split as Olivia had grown very tall. She was a lovely skater with gorgeous long legs. Josh later paired with Jessica Pfund.
Brandon and Haven initially split because Haven's family relocated to Florida from Colorado Springs. But after the 2011 junior pairs event, where neither placed on the podium, Brandon & Haven reunited. They remained in juniors for two more seasons, winning pairs gold at junior Worlds in 2013. They also famously made their start together as young kids competing in roller skating!
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Russian ice dancers Irina Khavronina/Dario Cirisano have split. They are 2020 Youth Olympics champions. They also won both their JGP stages last season.
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Damn. I hope he continues.Russian ice dancers Irina Khavronina/Dario Cirisano have split. They are 2020 Youth Olympics champions. They also won both their JGP stages last season.
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Georgian pair skaters Anastasia Metelkina/Daniil Parkman have split.
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Распалась спортивная пара фигуристов
Спортивная пара Анастасия Метелкина/Даниил Паркман распалась, заявила РИА Новости президент Федерации фигурного катания Грузии Мариам Гиоргобиани. РИА Новости Спорт, 17.01.2023
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How sad. I thought they were quite promising. Wishing them all the best!Georgian pair skaters Anastasia Metelkina/Daniil Parkman have split.
Распалась спортивная пара фигуристов
Спортивная пара Анастасия Метелкина/Даниил Паркман распалась, заявила РИА Новости президент Федерации фигурного катания Грузии Мариам Гиоргобиани. РИА Новости Спорт, 17.01.2023
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I hope they continue with other partners!
There will probably be a lot of other Russians willing to skate for Georgia.
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Parkman's Instagram story:
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I wonder what happened to make him decide there's no way he can continue working with the Georgian federation in the middle of the season... It must have been pretty serious.Parkman's Instagram story:
Hopefully, he'll be able to find both a new federation and a new partner if he wishes to continue competing.
And hopefully, Anastasiia Metelkina can manage to do the same continuing to represent Georgia.
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Feiyao Tang & Yongchao Yang CHN must have split since China has entered the new team of
Siyang ZHANG / Yongchao YANG
at 4CC's. Both Yongchao Yang's have the same birth date.
Siyang ZHANG / Yongchao YANG
at 4CC's. Both Yongchao Yang's have the same birth date.
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On the ISU bios, they do list Tang as Yang's former partner, so it is indeed the same guy with a brand new partner.
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Zhang/Yang are already in their second season skating together so Tang/Yang must have split at some point during the 2020/21 season.
As far as I remember Tang/Yang were entered as a pair at the (domestic) Cup of China in November of 2020, but ended up withdrawing, with Zhang/Yang first appearing internationally in October of 2021 at the Asian Open Trophy.
As far as I remember Tang/Yang were entered as a pair at the (domestic) Cup of China in November of 2020, but ended up withdrawing, with Zhang/Yang first appearing internationally in October of 2021 at the Asian Open Trophy.
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^^ I'm not very familiar with the younger Chinese teams. What I have seen of them pales in comparison to the magic of past Chinese pairs.The Golden Age of Chinese pairs began with Shen & Zhao, and ended with Sui & Han.
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Nolan Seegert has officially announced his retirement and is now working as a pairs coach in Berlin:
https://www.eislauf-union.de/de/media1/news/893-nolan-seegert-beendet-seine-karriere-als-paarläufer
(Also, once again confirmation that Minerva will continue her career with a new partner, though there are still no hints at who her new partner is.)
https://www.eislauf-union.de/de/media1/news/893-nolan-seegert-beendet-seine-karriere-als-paarläufer
(Also, once again confirmation that Minerva will continue her career with a new partner, though there are still no hints at who her new partner is.)
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At the last Pirouette Magazine issues, they said that she is skating with Nikita Volodin, but he is still not released from Russia.
Apparently they already showed their SP at the German Nationals outside the normal competition.
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I was now also able to find that information on the page of the fan club for German pairs skating, which also cites Hase/Volodin having skated their SP outside of competition at Nationals.
Unfortunately, we weren't able to see them on the stream and even more unfortunate that they were unable to get the same special allowance to compete at Nationals as Efimova/Blommaert last season.
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