2025-26 U.S. Ice Dance News, Updates & Discussion - Backstreet Boys & Spice Girls

[Sylvia]

Now 2-time Junior national champions Aboian/Veselukhin article in the Hartford Courant: https://www.courant.com/2026/01/06/...u-s-junior-title-for-second-consecutive-year/

I was able to read it via the journalist's linked post:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008760502411993560

 

[marshallpond]

CT is proving to be a powerhouse ice dance training facility (at least for juniors with A/V and V/L). Will wait to see how their teams manage the transition to seniors and how successful their teams are in seniors. Right now, A/V is a match made in ice dance heaven.

Novi, I feel, has so many teams that I hope it has the staffing to coach and develop all of them.

Broadmoor from the parents' grapevine: If my kid trains there, will they marry off my kid to some Russian skater? LOL

 

[Wyliefan]

Broadmoor from the parents' grapevine: If my kid trains there, will they marry off my kid to some Russian skater? LOL

I'm glad the word is getting out!

 

[PRlady]

Who did JLB say Tsarevski reminds him of?

 

[Rukia]

Who did JLB say Tsarevski reminds him of?

Peter Tschernyshev I think? (I only have one ear bud in right now hahahaha)

 

[Karen-W]

Who did JLB say Tsarevski reminds him of?

Peter Tschernyshev I think? (I only have one ear bud in right now hahahaha)

Yes, that's who he said.

 

[PRlady]

Yes, that's who he said.

Yum. I’ve tried not to say anything about Tsarevski since he may be under the PSOTY minimum but the pieces are all there for a fine-looking guy.

 

[marshallpond]

I'm glad the word is getting out!

There are also coaches who won't let their kids try out with any of the kids in that school, no matter how good the Broadmoor kid is, unless the Broadmoor kid decides to change training school (unlikely because they hold their students so tight). As one coach said, "I cannot in good conscience send my student to that school." So yes, the word is getting out.

 

[Karen-W]

There are also coaches who won't let their kids try out with any of the kids in that school, no matter how good the Broadmoor kid is, unless the Broadmoor kid decides to change training school (unlikely because they hold their students so tight). As one coach said, "I cannot in good conscience send my student to that school." So yes, the word is getting out.

That is really good to hear that other coaches are choosing to protect the kids - not just our own US kids but also the Russian guys that Dostatni is importing.

It's clear from the info that we have about Desyatov's family circumstances that he was in a vulnerable position where he took what he thought was the best chance he had at avoiding the Russian draft & improving his situation (not excusing what he did to Solene Mazingue in any way). It makes me worry that the other guys she's imported are in equally difficult circumstances - thankfully that doesn't appear to be the situation with Artem Markelov, whose parents are still alive & were able to travel to Almaty for DTM this past fall, but that doesn't mean that any other guys are coming from stable, prosperous Russian families.

And the less said about the gross pressure put on the American girls' families to marry them off to their Russian partners... Yuck.