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2023-24 Retirements, Splits and New Partnerships
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It's a joke lol I love Jimmy but he is way too short to do pairs
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Sounds like a joke to me
You are all right. Jimmy is joking. Alisa Efimova is no challenge for him to do a lift.
He wants to show how strong arms he actually has so he will team up with Tatiana Tarasova!
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Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux (FRA, pairs) have split:
Seems like he's not very happy with her for choosing to split in the middle of the season
Wonder who both of them might partner up with in the future 
Seems like he's not very happy with her for choosing to split in the middle of the season
Wonder who both of them might partner up with in the future 
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Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux (FRA, pairs) have split:
Seems like he's not very happy with her for choosing to split in the middle of the season
Probably with Jimmy Ma
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If he's ok being thrown, I'm sure Flavien would be willing to give him a goProbably with Jimmy Ma
But, if Jimmy ever wanted to actually go into pairs, Oxana would be about the only available choice with a decent size difference - She's just 150 cm per her ISU bio.
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Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux (FRA, pairs) have split:
Seems like he's not very happy with her for choosing to split in the middle of the season
He can now focus his efforts into finding a new partner as opposed to being strung along. And if that partner is from another country and he wants to switch then the timing could've been worse (like with Efimova and Blommaert).
While it sucks for him and he has the right to be annoyed, i think he's being a bit unfair as Pairs is so risky, especially for the woman. If she doesn't want to continue in the partnership then competing and training til the end of the season would be risking her safety for no point. Perhaps she even wants to quit the sport.
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Valeria Shulskaya (Russian single skater) has retired.
https://matchtv.ru/figure-skating/matchtvnews_NI1990699_Figuristka_Shulskaja_zavershila_karjeru
https://matchtv.ru/figure-skating/matchtvnews_NI1990699_Figuristka_Shulskaja_zavershila_karjeru
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Come on y’all. Jimmy is shorter than I am. He will not be doing pairs. Of course it was a joke.What? I mean, she is paired up with Mitrofanov and on the list for US Nationals ??.. and Jimmy, well if he is doing pairs, he would probably the shortest pairs guy ever. I am sure he is mighty but yeah, that would be a huge change for them as Efimova was with some much taller partners before.
I am not on instagram... so I will let others try to give us more info about this.. but yeah... where is @moonvine ?
ETA : now that I saw the instagram post below... definitely a joke
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I mentioned you for fun of course
I thought you would love to see that instagram post 
Emma Goodstadt announced her retirement from competitive skating, which means Emma Goodstadt/Christian Bennett (Canada, ice dance) are no longer a team.
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Weren't they the team that had a really horrible collision during the warm-up/practice at Skate Canada Challenge? I think she even fractured her pelvis, and while it seemed to be relatively "minor" (i.e. no surgery, fairly short recovery time for a fracture), I can definitely see how that would shift your perspective and make you think about what you really want from life.
Good luck to both Emma and Christian in their future endeavors, and best wishes to Emma to continue recovering well.
(Oh, and Happy (late) birthday to Emma, who turned 19 yesterday!
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Also, if we're on the topic of Ice Dance splits (for the sake of completeness):
Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA) have split.
Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA) have split.
They were the team with the collision at Challenge and injury, so that ended their season. I agree, it would have a shift in perspective and best of luck to her at university. Hopefully Christian can find a partner and continue if he wants to too.Weren't they the team that had a really horrible collision during the warm-up/practice at Skate Canada Challenge? I think she even fractured her pelvis, and while it seemed to be relatively "minor" (i.e. no surgery, fairly short recovery time for a fracture), I can definitely see how that would shift your perspective and make you think about what you really want from life.
Good luck to both Emma and Christian in their future endeavors, and best wishes to Emma to continue recovering well.
Surprised, not surprised. Startled that it would happen before the season is up, but she's looked so unhappy in the kiss and cry this season.
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Reality check: Sadly, Mc/Spir began losing ground competitively since the summer. Their scores at Lake Placid in the international event were placing them behind two upcoming teams in the domestic event, Wolfkostin/ Tsarevski and Flores/ Desyatov. Things did not get better in the fall. Mc/Spir's scores continued to plummet at GP comps. U.S. ice dance, as we all know, is a tough field. It's gonna be a battle in Columbus, in January, even with Mc/Spir out of the mix. In any case, Mc/Spir were unlikely to overcome their declining international scores against compatriot teams. Good luck to both Lorraine and Anton in their futures.
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Anton's post has a very different tone.
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Anton Spiridonov on Instagram: "Lorraine @lorrainekmac and I have parted ways - I am still continuing to process everything, life is a journey and I am beyond grateful to have been able to experience part of it with Lorraine. I am currently looking
antonvspi98 on December 20, 2023: "Lorraine @lorrainekmac and I have parted ways - I am still continuing to process everything, life is a journey and I am beyond grateful t...".
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I wonder if Jonathan Rogers and Lorraine will have a tryout together. He didn't want to continue his last Junior season and is turning senior next year. Jeffrey Chen is also senior next year. No foreign visa issues to worry about. Of course, Lorraine is very experienced at the senior level.
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