So sad to hear this! They were a special pair. Can anyone please translate the post? I'm guessing this had something to do with Rylov's shoulder injury (especially with the inclusion of the x-ray).
The END.
We waited for a long time. For a while, for two years, our hands were tied. But today we can say what we should have said a long time ago.
Our career is over. We traveled a difficult, winding, but beautiful road. It is probably worthwhile to tell you briefly what has been going on in the past two years. There are too many events and details to tell it all, so we’ll just touch upon some of them.
Physical and psychological pain is an inevitable part of a sport. Every athlete encounters it on their way, and overcomes the problems. But even zeal becomes exhausted.
In the first months of our absence the male partner in our pair had a serious surgery on his spine. It involved inserting 4 titanium pins into the lower part, so further training and performances were impossible.
The recovery and return to training took ten long months, but we managed it. We trained and restored all our technical elements to the pre-injury level.
Two months after that, the female partner of our pair broke her leg/foot. Because of a medical error, recovery was extremely protracted.
These two problems impacted our health negatively, both physical health and psychological. We are not in any way trying to justify our decision or asking for pity from our fans. This is just facts.
We had lots of similar problems, but as we had stated at the beginning--we are not going to go into details.
What happened, had happened, and we took our time making this decision.
In conclusion, we want to thank our coaching Team. Your work with us wasn’t in vain. It fostered our individuality and taught us to overcome difficulties even when it seemed impossible. Our experience will help us in our future. Thank you to (coaches). Thank you very much!
Of course, no athlete becomes an athlete without their parents. You are our heroes and you’ve given us everything!
We want to finish by addressing you. You for whom we mean this post. Our fans and supporters. Thank you for believing in us, for your love and support. We’re going to repeat yet again that you’re the best!
Yours, P/R
www.sport1.de
It just wasn't meant to be 
P.s. I am grateful to my parents for taking me to the skating rink...
They were special. Good luck to them in their future endeavours!
