She can if she does decide to come back and is assigned to them by USFS. She won't have any of her points from previous seasons though and will need to start over.
2024-25 Retirements, Splits and New Partnerships
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. Makes sense. My hope is she will miss skating so much she will come back with renewed vigor and confidence.
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Cannot- and do not want to- believe that extraordinary talent of Lindsay will be left unfulfilled.
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Wow! They were finally age eligible, too. (Their short program last season was one of my favorites to watch.)
Yes, coach change for Timmy based on their USFS bio.
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Ellie Korytek and Timmy Chapman (65) She/Her | He/Him - CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS U.S. junior champions (2023) 2024-25 SEASON NOTES RD Music: "Michael
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Well, that's surprising considering they skated in a charity show in early May and seemingly attended US pairs camp together (and, of course, due to how long they've been waiting to finally be eligible for international competitions). Anyways, good luck to both of them.
Her recent post implies they’re learning tricks for show skating so I think it’s likely a joint retirement.
Tasha Lai and Gabriel Liu are a new Ice Dance team. No country confirmation yet, she represented Taiwan last season and he competed with Audra Gans at Canadian Nationals.
The start order says BC/YK for their province, but that's not confirmation of representing Canada.
The start order says BC/YK for their province, but that's not confirmation of representing Canada.
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Wowsa! After waiting all that time to be able to finally compete internationally due to the age restriction!
This is a good example of the fact that skaters must be given chances to compete a lot in order to improve. If you can't compete together, you can't improve together. Things begin to get stale.
Of course, their split could also be in part due to other unknown personal/ logistical factors. With Timmy moving to Boston for coaching, Ellie may not have desired to leave California and/ or Irvine coaches.
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Yep. They are married and probably made a mutual decision to move to show skating.
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7 international competitions (plus Nationals) did not stop Väänänen/Clerici from splitting. Digerness/Sadusky had fewer competitions this season (and in previous ones) and they didn't split. The majority of the Russian pairs have been competing in only a few domestic competitions for the last few years and a number of them are still together.
Of course, if there is no avenue at all for competing together for a significant amount of time (because of federation issues, for example, or big age gaps in countries that follow the age eligibility rules for domestic competitions as well), teams will split, because a career in sports is short enough as it is. This is just not one of those situations, especially as they were still skating together last month, even attending US pairs camp together.
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@Jumping_Bean, thanks for your comments. The need for skaters to compete in order to improve is paramount. That necessity, I was not tying to whether teams split or not. Any further on this, let's take to a different thread.
I found their team account, https://www.instagram.com/tasha_gabriel_tpe
Given that it has TPE in the username, I am taking it as they are representing Taiwan.
Madelaine Breau and Kurtis Che are a new Ice Dance team - https://patinage.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Liste-participants-CQE_2025-18062025.pdf
She competed for Korea with Namu Lee, he was partnered with Stella Mitchell in Novice Ice Dance for Canada. No country confirmation from the list for who they're representing. They have a Swiss team representing Canada, along with Saulius Ambrulevicus under a Quebec club.
She competed for Korea with Namu Lee, he was partnered with Stella Mitchell in Novice Ice Dance for Canada. No country confirmation from the list for who they're representing. They have a Swiss team representing Canada, along with Saulius Ambrulevicus under a Quebec club.
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There's a new pairs team for France in the making: Megan Wessenberg and Denys Strekalin
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Ohh! I'm happy for Megan after all she's been through. I really hope this one works out for her. 
That makes two U.S. females switching to France. The other one in the works for months, has not been officially announced.
That makes two U.S. females switching to France. The other one in the works for months, has not been officially announced.
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Hey! She can be Timmy Chapman’s partner! Skating Gods make it so!
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