DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE FOLLOWING ICE-DANCE TEAMS?

[FSWer]

Say,I don't know if any of them are retired or not. But do we know anything on these four ice-dance Teams,and were they are now? They are...Nina Mizuki and Venianins
Bridget Le Donne and Jakub Smal
Victoria Hasegawa and Connor Hasegawa (I'm believing these 2 are brother and sister).
and...Kassy Kova and Justin Ross.
Do we know any updates?

 

[overedge]

@FSWer questions about updates on specific skaters should probably be posted in the Great Skate Debate forum.

 

[Sylvia]

Nina MIZUKI & Veniamins VOLSKIS are competing in junior dance for Canada and their most recent international competition was the Junior Grand Prix last month in Minsk, Belarus (12th place) -- link to their ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103420.htm

Bridget Le Donne & Jakub Smal are competing in Novice Dance this season in Canada.

I believe the other 2 teams are no longer competing.

 

[Prancer]

@FSWer questions about updates on specific skaters should probably be posted in the Great Skate Debate forum.

GSD is for news and current issues. Questions about past skaters and fan discussions go in The Trash Can.

 

[princeton123]

why are you always yelling

 

[FSWer]

Nina MIZUKI & Veniamins VOLSKIS are competing in junior dance for Canada and their most recent international competition was the Junior Grand Prix last month in Minsk, Belarus (12th place) -- link to their ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103420.htm

Bridget Le Donne & Jakub Smal are competing in Novice Dance this season in Canada.

I believe the other 2 teams are no longer competing.

What are the other 2 doing now? Did any turn Senior?

 

[Sylvia]

The Canadian sibling team of Victoria and Connor Hasegawa competed twice in senior dance at Canadian Nationals (2014 & 2015) before retiring, according to their ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012847.htm

Here's a September 2016 article about what Connor has been doing: https://www.hercampus.com/school/uwindsor/connor-hasegawa-vp-human-resources-enactus-windsor

Was there any point where you were thinking of not continuing skating and, if so, what made you decide to continue?
The only point where I considered not skating was when Victoria and I were in our last year together. I was 23, she was 21. I was at an age where I knew that education was supremely important and that there were limited career opportunities open for me if I only pursued figure skating. It was either become a skating coach or do really well and perform at ice shows for a couple years then retire from that and become a skating coach. I love coaching but I don’t want to do it for the rest of my life, so I figured I’ve always wanted to go back to school and now is a good time. So we retired in early 2015 and then I started school in September of that year.

 

[FSWer]

Any clips of when the Teams skated?

 

[Sylvia]

April 2016 update on Kassy Kova: https://sdice.com/sdia-alumni-spotlight-kassy-kova/

Kova and Ross competed together from Juvenile through Junior level, competing nationally four times, with a top result of 7th in the nation in the Intermediate Division. It was very challenging, but they were both dedicated skaters who thrived.

ETA:

Website for Kova and Ross includes a link to a video of their Senior Free Dance test in August 2014: http://www.clkbiz.com/kovaandross/index.htm