2025-26 US Pairs Discussion - Milano-Bound By Way of Beijing & St. Louis

[farahfan]

There was only ever going to be just 1 Olympic spot for Hungary and Pavlova/Nagy finished 11th at Euros that year (which had 3 Russian teams), so there was every reason to believe they would have had a clear runway to the top 10 and higher had they stuck together. There was a lot of potential and while I don't dispute the known issues with the Hungarian fed, those seem to have been more related to the singles disciplines. They've always been supportive of Pavlova & their dance teams.

In that same interview with Phil Hersch it says Nagy was uncomfortable training in Russia after the war broke out, so split with Pavlova. I think that's understandable. Nobody knows how wars are going to develop, and Sochi is close to Ukraine. It was a disadvantage for Nagy to switch to US because now he has to support himself financially.
Seeing Pavlova's progress it does make one think of the "what if" scenario...

 

[Karen-W]

In that same interview with Phil Hersch it says Nagy was uncomfortable training in Russia after the war broke out, so split with Pavlova. I think that's understandable. Nobody knows how wars are going to develop, and Sochi is close to Ukraine. It was a disadvantage for Nagy to switch to US because now he has to support himself financially.
Seeing Pavlova's progress it does make one think of the "what if" scenario...

I mean, if that's the timeline he's presenting after the fact. They split up almost immediately after Euros 2022 - maybe even before the Olympics. Maybe he was just uncomfortable training in Russia, war or not. Which is perfectly reasonable.