When Elena skated with Nikita, they BOTH shined. My suggestion is simply to say that Pavel can be more a fitting partner for Elena than Guillaume.
Oh, on that I agree. They have more relatable styles, to be honest.
When Elena skated with Nikita, they BOTH shined. My suggestion is simply to say that Pavel can be more a fitting partner for Elena than Guillaume.
Leave my Loboda & Drozd alone. Have we not learned enough yet about the cost of young Russian dance teams tossing aside years of experience as a team? It's not something you just replace at the drop of a hat. Do we expect Elena to stay in more than 5 more years? Pavel is just getting started. He should have many Olympics ahead of him.
I want Elena to skate. Just not at the cost of the future. Starting from scratch is not all it's cracked up to be.
Agreed. If anything, these past seasons must have taught Russian skaters that switching partners at will is not the answer (ask American pairs at that). If you look at the top teams at Worlds, they all have 10+ years of partnerships in common. Compare them to Ilinykh, Katsalapov, Sinitsina, Ziganshin, Yanovskaya, Mozgov's season and the picture is clear. If they want to go places, they should stick to their current partners and make it work.
I kind of don´t see Elena as a top star as many people here seem to believe.
Yes, she has personality and is a diva. But then... Her partnership with Nikita didn´t work well even before they split, as both were pretty inconsistent (which is a major sin in ice dance).
Her partnership with Ruslan didnt work either, because, once more, both were making mistakes.
I kind of feel that, while she, without doubt, has presence on ice, she lacks the talent and work ethics needed to be a top ice dancer. Because a partnership takes 2 people, and if a partnership doesnt work, there are issues with both skaters.
Personally, i dont believe that both Elena and Nikita will ever achieve something. They are extremely talented, extremely charismatic but kind of spoiled by their success. They got things easy just on their talent when they started, but just failed to deal with pressure. Failed to work hard.
Compare that with a team like B/S, and how they keep working and improving despite all the injuries and the meldonium suspension.
Or Shib-shibs, they probably have half of Elena´s and Nikita´s talent and presence. But can anyone here even imagine Alex don´t even trying the twizzles?
I kind of don´t see Elena as a top star as many people here seem to believe.
Yes, she has personality and is a diva. But then... Her partnership with Nikita didn´t work well even before they split, as both were pretty inconsistent (which is a major sin in ice dance).
Her partnership with Ruslan didnt work either, because, once more, both were making mistakes.
I kind of feel that, while she, without doubt, has presence on ice, she lacks the talent and work ethics needed to be a top ice dancer. Because a partnership takes 2 people, and if a partnership doesnt work, there are issues with both skaters.
Personally, i dont believe that both Elena and Nikita will ever achieve something. They are extremely talented, extremely charismatic but kind of spoiled by their success. They got things easy just on their talent when they started, but just failed to deal with pressure. Failed to work hard.
Compare that with a team like B/S, and how they keep working and improving despite all the injuries and the meldonium suspension.
Or Shib-shibs, they probably have half of Elena´s and Nikita´s talent and presence. But can anyone here even imagine Alex don´t even trying the twizzles?
You work, you shut up, you go out there, and if you fail, you'll do your best to never fail again. Period.
That post is so awesome. Thank you.
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