Respectfully they have been struggling with stamina and technique for years and it must be so costly to always have to get outside choreo as you know their coaches are sadly lacking in that area and many others. Where are the good coaching schools for dancers in Russia? Morozov does good things sometimes in the Samokhin group but he doesn't linger, traveling nomad type. It's like all roads lead to Zhulin. Sigh.Is there a reason you're asking about Z/G retiring? Why would they? They're doing so well.
Aren’t they on salary from being on the national team in Russia?Respectfully they have been struggling with stamina and technique for years and it must be so costly to always have to get outside choreo as you know their coaches are sadly lacking in that area and many others. Where are the good coaching schools for dancers in Russia? Morozov does good things sometimes in the Samokhin group but he doesn't linger, traveling nomad type. It's like all roads lead to Zhulin. Sigh.
It’s kind of made me realise that I’ve actually enjoyed the drama of the Uber wars (D/W vs V/M and P/C vs V/M) more than I realised.Ice dance looked and felt boring. Like a known meal you're having a fourth time around. And it wasn't skated well either.
Next year is going to be better. It has to.
Thank you People forget that skaters love what they do, and want to continue for as long as they can.Is there a reason you're asking about Z/G retiring? Why would they? They're doing so well.
OH I was hoping they'll retire after this quad tbh their skating, programs and packaging are not it. I'd rather see what the teams below them can offer. I know it's better. And they got that 10th place bc they represent rusfed. Here's hoping they'll call it career after 2022Thank you People forget that skaters love what they do, and want to continue for as long as they can.
Z/G will keep on skating as long as they can manage to hang onto that 3rd spot, are still healthy, and are still enjoying it!
Aspirations have been tempered over time and they are now simply enjoying still being in the game and being part of the National team!
This season has been an amazingly enjoyable season for them.
The team competition in particular was an incredible experience, one of the highlights of their career.
They are just enjoying the awesome ride
OH I was hoping they'll retire after this quad tbh their skating, programs and packaging are not it. I'd rather see what the teams below them can offer. I know it's better. And they got that 10th place bc they represent rusfed. Here's hoping they'll call it career after 2022
Separately, I don't think we know what a rivalry between S/K and P/C will be like because we haven't experienced it yet. The Europeans victory was a massive upset and they haven't competed against each other since then. Next season will be the first time they are both competing on a closer footing. I hope the drama stays on-ice and not off though.
If the teams below them were better, they would have beaten Z/G at home and gone to Worlds. They didn't.OH I was hoping they'll retire after this quad tbh their skating, programs and packaging are not it. I'd rather see what the teams below them can offer. I know it's better. And they got that 10th place bc they represent rusfed. Here's hoping they'll call it career after 2022
Assuming we get the likely retirements after Beijing, a Euros medal seems like a strong possibility for them.Thank you People forget that skaters love what they do, and want to continue for as long as they can.
Z/G will keep on skating as long as they can manage to hang onto that 3rd spot, are still healthy, and are still enjoying it!
Aspirations have been tempered over time and they are now simply enjoying still being in the game and being part of the National team!
Assuming we get the likely retirements after Beijing, a Euros medal seems like a strong possibility for them.
If you take the current World ranking and subtract P/C, G/F, and S/K they would be the silver medalists, even.The Brits have a tradition of winning post-olympic Euro bronze so I'm hopeful for the disco Brits
P/C gave us wonderful performances every season ... I think the fires were burning bright. Not everyone thrives on competition.I think a proper rivalry is a good thing to keep dance fresh.
I think P/C would have benefited from a proper rival this quad to keep the fires burning.
Once Virtue/Moir retired it sort of has seemed like a long walk towards an inevitable Olympic gold for P/C.
This tradition includes the Kerrs in 2011 and... looks like that's it.The Brits have a tradition of winning post-olympic Euro bronze so I'm hopeful for the disco Brits
Tradition has to start somewhere!This tradition includes the Kerrs in 2011 and... looks like that's it.
Coomes and Buckland won in 2014 (pre-Olympics).
Tradition has to start somewhere!
The totally selfish Brit in me (Who? Brits? Selfish? Never!) really hopes that this happens partly so that there would be better stats to lobby the government with for more funding for skating and that that would lead to a successful Euros bid... (preferably in Glasgow - so close to where Lewis is from)Except I think Lilah and Lewis are online for the not the bronze!
Yes, they are pretty new at it for an ice dance team but I like their energy and they mesh well. They just need some time...I enjoy F/G's performances a lot and think it's great for the sport to have a team like them that consistently picks high-energy crowd-pleasing music and knows what to do with it/has the stage presence and choreo to deliver genuinely fun programmes, BUT... even in a post-Olympic year a Euro medal for them would be chicanery on par with top-sixing the Polish team. Their skating skills need serious work. That said, maybe if they're motivated to work hard (and smart), they can get there by the end of the next Olympic cycle.
It's hard to know whether Nikita's twizzles are like a Charlie White's twizzles where he got them under control & they were almost never problem after he did, or are they like an Andrew Poje twizzles where he has a few good seasons & then they start to deteriorate again. If they are only planning on going one more year than he might just make it.ok sure...
I thought Nikita's twizzles at Worlds looked fine.