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That might work. Vinganca has me thinking about Jeremy Abbott now, so maybe I'd pair Jeremy with Sinead and John with Tanith Belbin.
Imagining alternative partners in pairs/dance
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That might work. Vinganca has me thinking about Jeremy Abbott now, so maybe I'd pair Jeremy with Sinead and John with Tanith Belbin.
I just remembered my favorite pairs team that almost was: Jenny Kirk and Fedor Andreev 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERt481kshjU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERt481kshjU
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Cinquatta should dance with the Devil.
Oh wait, he already is...
Oh wait, he already is...
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Oh I am just having nightmares on this one. Florent looks way to fragile to lift Mae. In fact, I think Mae might be stronger.
LOL I was just thinking the same thing. She could probably throw him around. I would pay to see that, actually.
I could see Caitlin Yankowskas paired up with either of the top Canadian pair boys. Since I like Kirsten Moore-Towers so much, I will pair Caitlin with Eric Radford instead. She deserves a partner on that level, and I would really just love her to stick it to John Coughlin in international competition.
Yeah, it's very unlikely that Florent Amodio is strong enough to be a male pairs skater. Male pairs skaters need big muscles and a lot of upper body strength in order to execute over-the-head lifts. They have to lift weights in order to develop their biceps, as well as their leg muscles, which are also important. Most of them are at least average height, too, and some are above average in height. There are a few who are short, but they are in the minority. If you take a look at the top 10 male pairs skaters in the world, you will see how much they differ physically from most single male skaters.
In fact, Florent Amodio might not have the right body size & strength to be a male ice dancer, either. While they don't have to be as muscular as pairs skaters, they still have to do some lifting and moves with their partners, which while smaller in scale than in pairs, still requires more upper body strength than the average single skater uses.
Now if Amodio's countryman Brian Joubert had gone into pairs skating (as he once hinted/joked he might) that would have been a different story. Joubert is built differently from Amodio and many of the other male single skaters - he is much more muscular and somewhat taller, as well.
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I hate to lose a good pair skater because of height issues
I would pair Vasilisa Davankova with her current BF, Sergei Mozgov ( who is very tall and athletic )
has an ice dance going to pairs ever been done in FS history ? too bad jumps have to be relearned
I would pair Vasilisa Davankova with her current BF, Sergei Mozgov ( who is very tall and athletic )
has an ice dance going to pairs ever been done in FS history ? too bad jumps have to be relearned
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Khokhlova/Shabalin 
Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pcsECM_4Nc
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The original quote said "a role-reversal pairs team, of Mae Berenice Meite, and Florent Amodio." I think that means that Meite would throw and lift Amodio!
Yes, that is precisely what I meant :-D
Mae is strong, with a powerful physique (but capable of grace and delicacy too).
I think she could lift the diminuitive Amodio, and their combined skills and personalities would make an amazing team! :-D
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Khokhlova/Shabalin
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
I would like to see Alexander Smirnov and Maria Mukhortova as a pair.
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Have you seen South Park's love affair between Saddam Hussein and The Devil? This is sort of like Speedy's situation
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I think Florent Amodio is only 5'4 or 5'5, so yeah, he would probably have trouble being the one to do the lifting. 
It would have been interesting if Brian Joubert had carried through with his claim that he was going to go into pairs one day - he's about 5'10 and pretty muscular, so he would have been built for it.
It would have been interesting if Brian Joubert had carried through with his claim that he was going to go into pairs one day - he's about 5'10 and pretty muscular, so he would have been built for it.
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I think Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier did both at one point, but I guess that doesn't count, since they eventually stuck with dance and didn't return to pairs.
I remember reading several years back that they experimented with trying pairs, but don't remember if they actually proceeded as far as doing competitions in pairs or whether they had done just the preparatory work & training. They both used to compete in singles at the junior level, so perhaps the fact that they could already do some jumps is what got them interested in the idea. It was their strong single skating skills that allowed them to advance faster than the other ice dance teams their age and make it to the 2010 Olympics with Tessa & Scott even though they were just teenagers.
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