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Who is Soldatova? Julia who retired years ago and I think after switching to another country? Or do you mean Adelina Sotnikova. Or is this another Russian teenage great who can't make it out of Russia to compete.
Skaters Retiring After 2017-18 Season
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Who is Soldatova? Julia who retired years ago and I think after switching to another country? Or do you mean Adelina Sotnikova. Or is this another Russian teenage great who can't make it out of Russia to compete.
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If anything they might wanna see who retires just to asses their chances going forward,
They even have the potential for a World medal again this year so that could be a boost
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Three-time South Korea national champion Kim Hae Jin announced her retirement after 2018 Korean Nationals:
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That's too bad. I really loved watching them this year although of course it's understandable.
Looks like her country would want somebody who is "in it for the medals". There are other avenues for her that would allow her to skate for the the love of skating.
C/B already said that they will continue. They could change their mind, but it seems they love to skate and compete, so I don´t think they will retire.
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You know, it is possible to support your favorite skaters without disparaging and denigrating those you perceive as being in their way. Just sayin’.
It appears you are wrong. So per your request, I’ll correct you. Chock/Bates earned the highest tech score in the FD at nationals, 61.39. Hawayek/Baker were second with 61.06. Hubbell/Donahue scored 59.77, the Shibs 57.26.
My source for the scores is the USFS protocol which can be found by following the links on this page: http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2018/26192/results.html.
She's earned an awful lot of medals for someone who isn't in it for the medals. I know she said medals are not her priority, but she's doing just fine even in that field. Have you seen that Lutz? I'm sure Italy would support another skater and send her to major competitions if there was anyone who could do better than Kostner.
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I actually dont dislike Chock & Bates, and absolutely none of my current ice dance favorites are any of the U.S teams. Thus your comments directed at me do not even apply. I am just calling it as I feel it is. Dont like it, tough, you dont have to agree with me. It is not like anything any of us say here means squat anyway.
Thanks. Still almost equal to the highest TES, and well above a well skating H&D, and way above a not bad Shibutanis skate. Very competitive score in the FD. Many times closer to the top 3 than last years Nationals (where they skated badly in the FD, but still). My overall point still stands.
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She said she might stay. I haven't heard anything about retirement from Caro yet.
Really? That's kind of disappointing. Don't you think she's done enough and should pass the blade of Italian ladies skating on to others?
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But judging by the results of nationals.... she is so so so far ahead of everybody there.... she may as well continue bringing joy to the world.
If a skater doesn't feel done yet and is still capable of scoring very high, I think it's worse to push them out to "give someone else a turn." She earned her right to stay by skating well! I might feel differently if there were several promising up-and-comers who were being held back in her shadow, but right now I think Caro could earn more spots for her country on her own than if she left it to others, in which case she more than earns her right to stay.
I think all the ice dance teams are waiting for Virtue/Moir to retire to see if they can move up and challenge P/C. The top three American teams are really, really close in points--I mean, SS won the short; C/B won the free and H/D won the whole thing. Now, all three of them have won the National championships in the last quad.
Any one of them is a great program away from being on top. This year (despite C/B winning the free) it's Hubbell and Donahue who put together the killer program. Two years ago, it was the Shibs. The year before that it, it was Chock and Bates.
V/M retire and the possibility of silver and bronze at Worlds opens up for two American teams.
H/B--whose FS I absolutely love--have that one great free skate. They need to show that they have more than that to successfully challenge the top three. I think they'll get there, but not immediately.
Any one of them is a great program away from being on top. This year (despite C/B winning the free) it's Hubbell and Donahue who put together the killer program. Two years ago, it was the Shibs. The year before that it, it was Chock and Bates.
V/M retire and the possibility of silver and bronze at Worlds opens up for two American teams.
H/B--whose FS I absolutely love--have that one great free skate. They need to show that they have more than that to successfully challenge the top three. I think they'll get there, but not immediately.
