#TeamTrainwreck 12: Done in by a World of Fun!

[Ka3sha]

What's Pogo's IG story with the ring on her finger under the Eiffel tower?
@Ka3sha , speak!

The caption says “My handsome boy”, nothing about the ring or the possible proposal

But she looks great
https://instagram.com/p/BhucJrrhCgR/

 

[Jeschke]

Very important #teamtrainwreck-off-season-news:
the legend is partnerless again
#pairs
#nevertoolate

 

[Ka3sha]

Very important #teamtrainwreck-off-season-news:
the legend is partnerless again
#pairs
#nevertoolate

https://instagram.com/p/BhelzEcjXhF/



So, has she decided to follow TM1’s route?
step 1: changing hairstyle
Step 2: retirement ?

 

[Jeschke]

Step 2: retirement ?

The legend will not fall!
#andmukhortovawillcomeback

 

[taz'smum]

The legend will not fall!
#andmukhortovawillcomeback

Deluded until the bitter end

 

[rfisher]

Deluded until the bitter end

There's delusions and then there's

 

[Ka3sha]

Deluded until the bitter end

And even after the bitter end

 

[Jeschke]

Thanks to
https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986990074645495808
Are we ready for Peng becoming a Leftover of the Leftovers?

3 oevrseas chinese girls approached? Zhang?
#untilthebitterend
#andfurther

 

[SamuraiK]

Very important #teamtrainwreck-off-season-news:
the legend is partnerless again
#pairs
#nevertoolate

this is so sad...

 

[SamuraiK]

Thanks to
https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/986990074645495808
Are we ready for Peng becoming a Leftover of the Leftovers?

3 oevrseas chinese girls approached? Zhang?
#untilthebitterend
#andfurther

The fears are more centered around Ice Dance. It seems the breaking of Wang/Liu is unavoidable. CHN is running against a deadline for a decent showing at the team event in 2022.

as for single ladies, they definetly need to import... I say any of Wang/Hong/Ma. Zhang would be the most worthless investment ever.

 

[Bellanca]

Zhang would be the most worthless investment ever.

Oh dear... You might want to head for the hills...

 

[alchemy void]

https://instagram.com/p/BhelzEcjXhF/



So, has she decided to follow TM1’s route?
step 1: changing hairstyle
Step 2: retirement ?

If I had a dollar for each time @Ka3sha used when discussing TM2, I'd be a rich man!

#pairs
#nevertoolate

I actually think a Stavitskaya comeback in singles is more realistic. Maybe skating for AZE, with that crazy hair! I bet she could still manage a 3toe and 3sal. That would be enough to qualify for Worlds.

Slay TM2! Our queen!

 

[Vagabond]

Boss and vice, merely being delusional will not get you into the Fans' Auxiliary.

 

[alchemy void]

Boss and vice, merely being delusional will not get you into the Fans' Auxiliary.

What about delusional and sexy?

 

[Vagabond]

What about delusional and sexy?

 

[Dobre]

The fears are more centered around Ice Dance. It seems the breaking of Wang/Liu is unavoidable. CHN is running against a deadline for a decent showing at the team event in 2022.

Ice dance does not work that fast. If China wants a brand new partnership to climb the ranks in four years, they would probably have to import a high-level foreign partner from a major ice dance power (Russia, the U.S., France, Italy). And since there is no pool of high-level foreign senior athletes of Chinese descent in ice dance--a foreign partner that is not Chinese. It would make perfectly logical sense, but I don't see China doing it. (And even if they did, there is no guarantee it would get a team much higher than Wang & Liu, themselves, finished at Worlds last season).

 

[Vagabond]

there is no pool of high-level foreign senior athletes of Chinese descent in ice dance--a foreign partner that is not Chinese

All it takes is one or at most two. But I don't think China can meet Madison Chock's asking price.

 

[Dobre]

A partner that A. isn't already making the World team at home, B. can get released from his/her federation, C. would see a benefit in starting over with Wang or Liu, and D. is old enough to climb the ranks in only four years.

Thinking Riazanova/Pogrebinsky/Yanovskaya territory here. (Actually Wang is tall enough to plausibly get quite a talented partner and Liu is short enough to possibly get a talented guy as well). But China's own immigration policy makes the typical avenue for finding a high-quality dance partner not-so-plausible.

All it takes is one

Well, dance coaches have been known to find athletes from what seems like thin air at times.

But can you think of one that is a possibility? Maybe an athlete like Zhao Kai Pang of Canada? Is he of Chinese descent? I liked Pang & Edwards quite a bit. But he never competed as a senior, hasn't competed for two years, and went back to school. Would he be any more competitive skating with Wang than the current team? In four years? A hesitant maybe. (I think it's quite plausible Liu is the stronger partner in W&L, though I like Wang's personality).

China can absolutely form a new dance team. They have other dancers. (And there are starting to be more young Asian American & Asian Canadian dancers on the scene. I can name several at the intermediate, novice, junior level). But the question is whether there is any good reason to believe a new partnership would be more successful in four years than the team China has right now--one that could be building off its current foundation by putting in four more years of training time together.

I don't exactly see greatness in W&L, but they have more personality & as much potential as any other Chinese dance team I have seen.

In the long run, though, there are some currently competing young Asian Canadian & Asian American dancers--at least a few of whom are of Chinese descent--that could be worth recruiting if China is interested in granting dual citizenship & developing a young team for the long haul. But I'd think too young to be skating with Wang or Liu.

 

[RoseRed]

In the long run, though, there are some currently competing young Asian Canadian & Asian American dancers--at least a few of whom are of Chinese descent--that could be worth recruiting if China is interested in granting dual citizenship & developing a young team for the long haul. But I'd think too young to be skating with Wang or Liu.

Maybe Jason Chan? I have no idea how good he is, but he's 21, competed on the JGP for Canada this past season, is currently based at Gadbois, split from his partner, and said in his IPS bio that he's open to other countries.

 

[Dobre]

Maybe Jason Chan? I have no idea how good he is, but he's 21, competed on the JGP for Canada this past season, is currently based at Gadbois, split from his partner, and said in his IPS bio that he's open to other countries.

Yes, he could be a possibility. I rather like him, and I think he'll find a partner. But as far as I can tell, Taileffer & Chan never finished higher than 8th at a JGP. Wang & Liu managed to defeat the Parsons (with two messy sets of twizzles) at 4CCs this year. So another alternative, but probably not someone who is going to carry a senior team up the ranks in only 4 years. Potential for the future with the right partner though.

 

[SmallFairy]

Dasa is challenging Le Gauz as kindergarten teacher!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhy9Ko6DQIy/?taken-by=grmdas

Or at what school teacher level is he now?

 

[RoseRed]

Yes, he could be a possibility. I rather like him, and I think he'll find a partner. But as far as I can tell, Taileffer & Chan never finished higher than 8th at a JGP. Wang & Liu managed to defeat the Parsons (with two messy sets of twizzles) at 4CCs this year. So another alternative, but probably not someone who is going to carry a senior team up the ranks in only 4 years. Potential for the future with the right partner though.

With the news that Gadbois is going to be helping China reorganize their dance program, maybe it will actually happen. But agreed, splitting W/L is probably a bad idea.

The school's top coach will help the Chinese team to select and reorganize the existing ice dance players, pick out two or three pairs of dancers and send them to Canada to receive professional training.

 

[Vagabond]

This thread is getting dangerously close to being just like any other thread.

@Jeschke @alchemy void Do something!!!!!

 

[Ka3sha]

Eteri’s minions all together (at the Moscow Championship just yesterday)
https://instagram.com/p/BhyjLsBDpNT/

 

[rfisher]

I want a minion.

 

[Vagabond]

I want a minion.

All it takes is ten Jews over the age of thirteen.

 

[RoseRed]

Nik Sorensen posted a quick clip of Laurence squishing? her girls / checking out her abs on his Insta story https://www.instagram.com/nik_sorensen/?hl=en

 

[alchemy void]

This thread is getting dangerously close to being just like any other thread.

@Jeschke @alchemy void Do something!!!!!

Desperate times call for desperate measures...

Vik giving us posing and destroyed denim goals

I’ve decided Marilu is my new muse until the epic return of Tsareva ....another example

Maria Butyrskaya collection of falls | Anna Pogorilaya collection of falls

Walk of shame forever! Pure class! #TM1

Welcome to the team, Rapunzel

Sex on ice. Do me hard, Dave!

 

[alchemy void]

Eteri’s minions all together (at the Moscow Championship just yesterday)
https://instagram.com/p/BhyjLsBDpNT/

I'll take the one on the left, please. @Jeschke can have Dudakov, and everyone else can share Gleykengauz.

I want a minion.

I want Radionova's hair.

 

[SamuraiK]

Eteri’s minions all together (at the Moscow Championship just yesterday)
https://instagram.com/p/BhyjLsBDpNT/

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