She and Smirnov would make an interesting pairing. If Megan Duhamel retires, so would she and Eric Radford.
Rockne Brubaker? Although he's had so many switches over the last few years. Can't think of anyone else. I don't want Radford to split up with Duhamel, and I don't think he wants to, either. Smirnov could work if Yuko wants to retire. It's too bad she couldn't pair up with H. Zhang but I think it'd be hard to get Chinese citizenship and he's already doing well with Peng, anyhow. What citizenships does she have? Did she have to renounce Ukrainian to skate for Germany?
either of those two will do
Duhamel is the weak link in D/R
I agree Duhamel is the weaker link, but there are no female pairs skaters capable of pulling off the technical moves she does. I would love to see Aliona try though! SBS triple flips maybe?
Are Duhamel & Radford planning to continue together, and if so until 2018? That will be one of the key pieces of the puzzle. I cant see Eric retiring yet, but I am not sure about Meghan.
If savchenko got citizenship it couldn't be hard for any man she wants to skate with whose not German.
It was very hard for her, actually. She had to do it the 'proper' way with no free pass for being an athlete. So she had to first be resident for a number of years (can't remember how long exactly now), pass language exams and so on.
It's much easier if you're from the EU but still like 3-4 years residency or so? So will be very hard for her partner to gain German citizenship before 2018 unless the government intervenes which it almost never does, I think (German culture is all about playing strictly by the rules).
That means she could have to look inside Germany. She wouldn't go to Russia. She might not get out!
She could go outside of Germany, can't she?