Still not a pretty picture lol! Florent has a kind of odd look on ice. I have nightmares of the Williams sisters already attacking Charlie White and those curls. It isn't pretty. What about Aliona and Trankov? Aliona looks like Tanya. I mean I think V and T are cute together and work but I could see Aliona working too. I think it would be funny to see Larionov with a say a Cohen Beautyh and the Beast. how abuot Evan and Gracie as a pairs team? I think Abbott is too much of a diva to put him with another diva or girl. Too tempermental.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!
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.
Has he given up on the notion completely, though? I don't think he'd be aiming for high level competitions, but hasn't he said recentl-ish that he still is thinking about it? I believe he said it might help him gain experience for when he becomes a coach.
I wonder who would suit him? And now I'm not talking as in realistically-who-might-be-actually-available sort of thing, but pure fancy. Is Valentina too tall for him? I don't really know her height...
Currently skating I think Yulia and Yuzuru would be unstoppable. Although the cute factor may be too much for some here to bear.
I love their angelic faces.
Khokhlova/Shabalin Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pcsECM_4Nc
I would pick Shawn Sawyer to skate with Sasha because of the flexibility of both these skaters. I can see them doing some amazing moves together...it would be fun!
While Abbott would make a fantastic ice dancer, I don't know if he will be a good partner. It will be hard to deal with his temperament. His partner will have to be extremely understanding and tolerant.
I suppose we never know for sure how someone will work with a partner until we see it in action, but if you are right about Abbott having a difficult temperament, that highlights the issue discussed above about partnerships. The most important factor in a long-lasting partnership is not necessarily whether the people are good skaters and what types of tricks they can do on the ice, but whether they have the personalities to work closely with another person through ups and downs over many years.
Not many pairs have the fairy-tale story G&G
man, i feel like you gotta reassess your definition of fairy tale
Minus the heart attack part Falling in love in their teens, winning gold in just about every competition, being breathtakingly beautiful, making a fortune skating in shows, having a lovely daughter.... come on - who has that?
Marie-France Dubreil and her husband Patrice ? are still together and coaching/choreographing.
Marie-France Dubreil and her husband Patrice ? are still together and coaching/choreographing.