Obertas and Slavnov?

[NatachaHatawa]

Does anyone know what's happended to these guys?

 

[Eevun]

Can't understand how you forget that quickly! They used to be one of my favourites! Here's what I found from Allsport.ru, translated by Babelfish (someone with English as native tounge is free to correct this quote...). The interview was made in Oct 2007:

Sergey Slavnov: Too much that is in all was accumulated, was deposited - and we decided to pass season
Repeated prize-winners of the championships of Russia, the silver prize-winners of the championship of Europe, participants in the championship of the peace and the Olympic Games on figure skating sport pair, Julia Obertas and Sergey Slavnov will pass competing season 2007-2008. On this to the agency of sport information "entire sport" reported Sergey Slavnov. After refining that this altogether only the temporary time out, about the completion of career and speech does not go on. "We decided to pass the advancing season, said Sergey slavnov. - Pover'te, this very complex solution. Figure skating - competition, training - is this our life, differently we do not present to ourselves it. But too much that is in all was accumulated, was deposited to each other, and we are simply forced to take time out. Recently I transferred operation - to me they removed appendicitis, and thus far 4 I cannot valuably work, be trained by the total force, carry out all elements. Bustling in summer suffered injury - it fell on the training, strongly hurt thigh. Then they for long treated it, like everything was normally, but recently on the control rentals it was again very strongly struck - by exactly the same place. 4 not doctors, accurately I will not formulate diagnosis, but is pinched some nerve, prolonged treatment is required. We for long and not easily talked with the trainers, with the representatives of the federation of figure skating on the horses of Russia, with President Valentin nikolayevichem piseyev... And the decision to pass season was made. I repeat, this was very, the very complex solution. But as a whole, everything so is not terrible, many athletes pass through this, they pass yr, two - and then return and successfully come out. We do not intend to depart for a long time, let us pass only one season, not more. We do not intend to complete our career - about this and speech be it cannot! We not will be rolled on the competitions, but let us continue to be trained, to work, to place programs. To us it is necessary half a year in order to be rehabilitated and to restore its forces. And as a whole, we do not exclude, that with the favorable course of events let us nevertheless participate in the championship of Russia, poboremsya for the passes to the championships of Europe and peace. Although now better to not conjecture, not to encourage itself and its worshippers. Time will show.

Some parts are almost unreadable for me, but as far as I can see, he did a appendix surgery, she have had a hip surgery and they don't know if they will return to competitive skating. I read somewhere else they now skated in shows, Plushenko's was mentioned. If they do a comeback, I think it will be tough, there are lots of other strong Russian pairs to compete with to be the national representatives.

How sad, I liked them very much!

 

[NatachaHatawa]

Thanks!