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What about Elena though? Any sympathy for her? Surely she couldn't have seen this coming when the rumour first broke out and was blindsided by this whole mess.
Elena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov Split
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What about Elena though? Any sympathy for her? Surely she couldn't have seen this coming when the rumour first broke out and was blindsided by this whole mess.
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Nope, though I suspect Morozov had a lot to do with convincing Nikita to leave Elena.
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and what was Morozov 's goal with it? Morozov and Elena aren't a couple ?
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Well, he will be in New Jersey and she won't, whatever that means.
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I actually think, whatever she wanted, she is in a better position than Nikita now. She has a partner who emotes and who can twizzle. I predict that she and Ruslan will be beating Nikita and whoever consistently from the very beginning, and will never stop doing so.
I am very saddened by this news though. Basically my two favorite Russian dance teams have (IMO senselessly) split.
Ruslan should be happy.
B/S is going to be russian #1 pair again.
Watch them win next world championships. 
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Reportedly, they're not together anymore: if Elena dumped him, I can totally see Morozov acting professional and classy as usual and orchestrating this.
Oh well, if Nikita didn't have his motives, he wouldn't have agreed. Such a shame though.
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Wow this came out of left field. I thought Victoria said a split wasn't true... poor thing 
She gets dumped and now has Morozov as her coach....
I don't see Russia winning a world championship in this quadrennial. So it's Canada and Italy who'll dominate this quad? The US and Russia might go back and forth with the bronze medals.
She gets dumped and now has Morozov as her coach.... I don't see Russia winning a world championship in this quadrennial. So it's Canada and Italy who'll dominate this quad? The US and Russia might go back and forth with the bronze medals.
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Bobrova & Soloviev have a shot at World gold, if someone will only give them some decent choreo.
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They probably would have won it this past one if they weren't injured.
Probably a bit of that, a bit of Morozov orchestrating getting rid of her once she dumped him - he's got a history of pretty much abandoning skaters once he's bored with them, I've heard all sorts of stories about how he acted towards Rippon & Amodio in particular. And maybe things were more difficult than we knew between Elena & Nikita. I just find it so surprising because things seemed so much better between them this year & in a choice between coach & partner it makes sense to me to go with partner every time - it's much much easier to find a coaching set up that works than find a partner that you really click with when skating in the way that I/K did.
Okay.
So what do you guys think: who will be more successfull S/K or I/Z?
Do we know if Yanovskaya/Mozgov are going seniors next season? I think it's a big opportunity for them to go to the Worlds since russia have 3 spots.
So what do you guys think: who will be more successfull S/K or I/Z?
Do we know if Yanovskaya/Mozgov are going seniors next season? I think it's a big opportunity for them to go to the Worlds since russia have 3 spots.
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I know, but if I were Y&M, I would seize the moment and work my butt off for the senior GP.This is the best chance they will get.
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