I expect huge wave of retirements all over the world after this season. Most of the top ice dacers are close to 30 or over it already, so probably the whole discipline will witness new leaders established before the next olympics.
Dave Lease from TSL (so take that source as you will) has talked about them in a couple videos. He said that Nikolai told him about the new team, seemed like the intention was to train in the US. In his most recent video, he said they want to skate for the US or maybe France, and were looking at getting Naryzhnyy a visa.
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What a shame - they seemed like quite the promising team until this season when they were inexplicably left "out in the cold" even though just a few years ago they were gold medalists at Russian Junior Nats and bronze medalists at Junior Worlds. They had some unique programs, as Svinin / Zhuk teams often do. Between the snub and getting COVID, it seems like it was just too much for them. Wishing her well in her studies and wishing him well in finding another partner.Sofia Shevchenko and Igor Eremenko split. According to Svinin Sofia decided to focus on studying. Her return is not excluded but she doesn't train for now. The team is looking for a new partner for Igor.
Распался танцевальный дуэт Софья Шевченко – Игорь Еременко
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He has done it already, according to Averbukh and Svinin
True...
Shevchenko/Eremenko had such a unique style and seemed to get on really well. I'm somehow not surprised he chose to follow her in retiring, despite the coaches looking for a new partner.
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