Skaters Retiring After 2017-18 Season
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(1) As I posted in another thread, Grant's mother told me this week in San Jose that there has not been a decision about retirement.
So I think it cannot definitely be said that 2018 Nats were Grant's last. Unless he said so within the last 48 hours or so?
(2) I could swear that there is another thread on this topic.
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Patrick Chan, Kevin Reynolds, Max Aaron and Eric Radford have all mentioned things about further interests/schooling and such. I think a lot will depend on who wins gold and what other opportunities they have. But I expect a lot of retirements being the end of an Olympic cycle. If Grant is retiring I am wondering about his future bride Caroline Zhang.
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You're probably thinking of the annual Retirements Thread for official announcements, the 2017-18 edition of which I started in July:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?64989
But, there have been so few announcements that it only has a couple of posts. (There were dedicated threads about the retirements of Lipnitskaya and Kavaguti / Smirnov, so nobody felt the need to post about them in the season thread as well).
There is also a separate thread for speculating, which can be found here:
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?64934
Although, now that I notice, it has been archived.
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The female commentaror for the South Korean National said that Kim Jin Seo will probably retire after this season. She reported that she directly spoke to him and that she tried to tell him to continue a bit more, but he told that his back cannot take it any longer and that he wanted to show his best performance for which would probably be his last competition, that is this year's National Championships.
Alisa Agafonova/Alper Ucar are in their last season. He mentioned that he was going to retire after Olympics in an interview last season and it did it again last month when he posted on social media the pic of their podium finish at Talinn Trophy: Last season of our career & all our programs see medals!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb5hCSNhjfA/?taken-by=alpericeberg
European Championships will be the last event for Peter Liebers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb5hCSNhjfA/?taken-by=alpericeberg
European Championships will be the last event for Peter Liebers.
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It breaks my heart but Javier Fernández has answered questions about retirement in some interviews.
He's said that staying for another Olympic Season would be "agonizing" in the sport (and "do you want me to step into the podium with crutches?" was also said
).
When asked if he would skate for, say, another Europeans or World's he answered it would all depend on this seasons' results. He wants to end his career in a high note. He's said that he'd love to continue "forever" but that he doesn't know if he'll have the energy both mentally or otherwise to continue training at such a high level; and that he feels old at 26.
He definitely plans to go to Milan, but has not answered questions about any competition further than that. He's also mentioned that he'd like to participate in pro shows, tour a bit, and also become a coach.
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He's said that staying for another Olympic Season would be "agonizing" in the sport (and "do you want me to step into the podium with crutches?" was also said
). When asked if he would skate for, say, another Europeans or World's he answered it would all depend on this seasons' results. He wants to end his career in a high note. He's said that he'd love to continue "forever" but that he doesn't know if he'll have the energy both mentally or otherwise to continue training at such a high level; and that he feels old at 26.
He definitely plans to go to Milan, but has not answered questions about any competition further than that. He's also mentioned that he'd like to participate in pro shows, tour a bit, and also become a coach.
/I need a hug
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Alexei Bychenko will retire & probably Misha Ge (guess he could change his mind again, but I doubt it).
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IIRC Ashley has mentioned the possibility of this being her last Nationals in the post-FS interview :sad21: Even if this makes me sad, I can understand her decision: with the current technical level she couldn't be able to stay at the top, and the new developments in transitions/program construction have kind of left her behind, too, so maybe doing shows might be less physically demanding and more rewarding (both money- and personal satisfaction-wise)...
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Ashley W. may or may not. Seems to be hinting at it in interviews. Max A. also probably. Misha Ge has said this is his last season.
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Ekaterina Bobrova is either taking a break or retiring and I think Soloviev has a partner lined up...
Valentina Marchei is 31, so kind of pushing the envelope. Same with Meagan Duhamel, who I think is 32. Are either of them continuing?
Max Aaron graduated from college so maybe he'll retire. I wouldn't blame Ross Miner for retiring after what happened this weekend.
I don't think Pogorilaya will retire per se but she'll have a hard time coming back, what with injuries, and her SB being at 156, and the level of competition to make the team. So she might be forced to retire early a la Lipnitskaya. I think Leonova is done but Tuktamysheva's said that she's not.
I wouldn't be surprised if Rippon and Wagner were both done, and I think Angela Wang, Caroline Zhang, and Grant Hochstein probably are as well.
Valentina Marchei is 31, so kind of pushing the envelope. Same with Meagan Duhamel, who I think is 32. Are either of them continuing?
Max Aaron graduated from college so maybe he'll retire. I wouldn't blame Ross Miner for retiring after what happened this weekend.
I don't think Pogorilaya will retire per se but she'll have a hard time coming back, what with injuries, and her SB being at 156, and the level of competition to make the team. So she might be forced to retire early a la Lipnitskaya. I think Leonova is done but Tuktamysheva's said that she's not.
I wouldn't be surprised if Rippon and Wagner were both done, and I think Angela Wang, Caroline Zhang, and Grant Hochstein probably are as well.
I heard interesting theories that his next partner was either Elena Ilinykh or Viktoria Sinitsina!
I kind of hope Ashley will stay and do another GP series. That's invitational, the USFS couldn't hold her back for that.
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I am starting to feel Kostner may stay. She said she is no longer in it for medals, but for love of skating. she is unbeatable in Italy and she is still top 10 in the world.
