Yes, that's confusing. I can only imagine that she's listed out of Audrey needing her psychologically to gain a comfort level as she transitions to pairs. A lot of Tammy's skaters seem to have fierce loyalty to her. I don't know why, unless she has a way of making them think they can't do without her. We have seen this emotional attachment to Tammy by many of her skaters, including Karen Chen, Claire Seo, and Vincent Zhou. Tammy has also coached Sean Rabbitt, Richard Dornbush, and Philip Warren who later switched to skate for France; he's retired now and performs in shows in Europe and Asia. He has a mean backflip (not learned from Tammy, obviously).Bruno Marcotte as their coach is nice to hear, but I'm a bit confused about Tammy Gambill. I know she's Audrey's current coach, but... Does this mean they'll be training partly in Canada and partly in Colorado? Does Tammy coach other pairs or has she in the past?
BTW, while Balazs used to train in Colorado under Sappenfield, as a junior, he later returned to his native Hungary and skated one season with Maria Pavlova. He subsequently came back to the U.S. and partnered optimistically, but short-lived with Chelsea Lui; they trained under Meno/Sand and with Brandon Frazier in Irvine, CA.
In junior pairs, Balazs was a U.S. champion with Kate Finster. They split circa COVID season when they moved up to pairs and the partnership no longer worked well due to Finster needing a taller partner by that point. Balazs is a citizen of both Hungary and the U.S. He was born in Budapest, but he came to the U.S. with his parents as a child when they emigrated.
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