aftershocks
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If Bobrova & Soloviev, Hubbell & Donohue, Guignard & Fabbri, Cappellini & Lanotte, the Shibs, Chock & Bates, Sinitsina & Katsalapov, Papadakis & Cizeron, Virtue & Moir, Stepanova & Bukin, Weaver & Poje, Hawayek & Baker, Fournier-Beaudry & Sorensen, Coomes & Buckland, and Gilles & Poirier had thought this way, we would have had none of them at this year's Worlds or at the Olympics. You'd darn well better be prepared to stay and fight after a loss in ice dance today.
^^ Oh yep. The skaters know the score. IOW, they know the scoring and the politics is out of their control. The best champions understand the necessity of being motivated to reach their own highest potential, and not sweat overmuch the judging, the politics, and their competition.
In fact, I think for the most part, skaters respect each other tremendously. And they understand that the current depth of talent means winning is never in the bag. Even P/C know this. If P/C were not motivated by pushing the boundaries of their own creative imaginations, and improving all aspects of their own skating, they would not be as great as they are, nor would they have been able to weather and overcome the challenges of V/M coming back to the arena. V/M coming back, made P/C better. And V/M pushed the boundaries of their talent and former success to achieve even more amazing heights because of P/C's magical chops.
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