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Ah, your loss then.
And IMO, it's the U.S.'s loss that Katarina now represents Great Britain! At the least, she will have an opportunity to further develop and to represent a country that doesn't have as deep a field in ice dance, or in any figure skating discipline (when historically England had a great deal to do with the genesis of the sport).To each their own in terms of not liking a young skater's Instagram content, per previous poster's input. (Katarina only recently began posting again -- she'd taken a hiatus from Instagram after splitting with Ian). The little I know about Katarina, I find her charming. As I mentioned earlier, Katarina still has a lot of developing to do as an ice dancer. Ian was the stronger partner when they were paired. Her new partner, Billy Wilson-French has a lot of dramatic flair, but he's still learning too as a junior. In terms of personality and presence, I think they will make a good match. Billy trained at college as a dancer off-the-ice.
Sure it's understandable if you don't follow junior ice dance that Katarina DelCamp would not be a familiar name. Ian Somerville has been around for awhile though, and he was successful with his earlier partner, Elliana Gropman. So, I guess that means if you've never heard of Somerville or DelCamp that you don't follow junior ice dance or maybe you aren't that interested in ice dance generally. DelCamp & Somerville competed both domestically and internationally. Sure it isn't possible to be familiar with every skater around the world, especially those coming up in the lower ranks who aren't prominent, and especially if you never watch junior events. I had never heard of Billy Wilson-French either until it was mentioned that he had partnered with Katarina. I knew nothing about Katarina until she partnered with Ian Somerville, whom I was very familiar with, due to his success with his former long-term partner, Gropman.
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