Ellie Kam & Danny O'Shea
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I will be joining the prayer circle with you.
They really are a good team, fingers crossed for her jumps and landings.
They really are a good team, fingers crossed for her jumps and landings.
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- Mar 12, 2007
Very happy to see this little "snippet" of their program. Forming the prayer circle for Ellie's jumps and throws.
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- Jul 15, 2024
Ellie and Danny at Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - Short Program
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I was hoping to find more fans and posts here. I love Ellie and Danny’s skating and their programs this year are great. I particularly love the SP. The choreography is fantastic .. difficult, interesting skating between elements and unique transitions. It’s my favorite pairs program from anyone this year.
Their nationals SP performance was so good. Hoping they can do the same in tonight’s FS.
Good luck to Ellie & Danny! ⛸
Their nationals SP performance was so good. Hoping they can do the same in tonight’s FS.
Good luck to Ellie & Danny! ⛸
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- Mar 14, 2007
They are amazing. And yes good luck to them.
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- Oct 22, 2022
I wasn't watching the US championships and only heard about this pair's FS disappointment reading about it on GS. Is it likely that the event (the pairs final) will be posted somewhere it can be seen free in Canada? YouTube? My original partner of long ago and I only got back together on the ice within the last month. He's been keeping up his singles skating during the years he worked in the US, but is now, having abruptly moved his family back to Canada in December, picking up pairs moves again with me. He'd like to see that performance to see for himself what might have happened, considering Danny's experience. He can read about it, of course, but wants to actually see it with the eyes of another male pairs skater, to perhaps remind himself of a potential error he's forgotten.
There's a thread with links, but the linked video is not available in Canada. If you know someone with a VPN installed, you could watch it on their computer. Or try to install a free VPN (or have someone do it for you).
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A Russian-Israeli friend sent it to me, thanks. It played fine on my computer. Just a coincidence. She's a former skater and often forwards copies of skating tapes her mother sends her from Russia. She tries to send me as many pairs videos as she can, but didn't realize I was already looking for that event.
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They’re so much better than they skated at Nationals. GP medals, made GPF, bronze at 4CCs….it was really shocking.
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It happens in anything competitive. In Highland dancing, they judge two or three dancers at a time, depending on the size of the class. My last competition before I retired with chronic shin splints, I found myself paired with the girl who was the reigning North American champion. But it was an outdoor wooden stage and there had been brief splatters of rain. She skidded in a wet patch and fell. Got up and caught up with the piper (and me) but one lace had snapped and her ghillie slipper worked its way loose and fell off at the end.
Even if I'd been uninjured there was no way I should have beaten her. But somewhere around I have a gold medal from that competition that I really don't value very highly.
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I know Ellie and Danny are a far better team than what they showed at Nationals. I was quite sad for them not to be able to defend their title. There were some really exciting performances at Nationals, and sadly it was a real downer to end on that FS. The SP was magnificent though! I hope they are doing alright, and I’m sure that Ted Barton would say this is one of those valuable learning experiences that nobody really wants. I want to believe that know they now the stress of defending a title, next time they are in a similar situation they will handle it better. I have confidence in them! I love their approach to pairs skating. My favorite pairs team at the senior level 
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Bumped into Ellie and Danny in the lobby at the Garden. Unfortunately, Danny told us he's wearing a boot because he has a broken foot. He said they still wanted to skate to try to earn Oly spots, broken foot or not.
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