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.

 

[sp555]

It's cute and cool and everything else to post something like this, but how would it really work? Where does the money come from? Who makes the decision that having a third pair in Milano, is so important that money needs to be spent? Who gets the money?

The part about actual $ being exchanged for this comp was just a joke of course but the rest was not. Judging at events can be ridiculous when it comes to GOE etc. Obviously it does not bother me that much though because I'm still watching! Now if I were rich, I'd probably be willing to send a few $ myself to the right judges to make sure one of my favs qualifies for the olympics - as any cute, cool and hypocritical skating fan would do for one of their favs!

 

[nylynnr]

The part about actual $ being exchanged for this comp was just a joke of course but the rest was not. Judging at events can be ridiculous when it comes to GOE etc. Obviously it does not bother me that much though because I'm still watching! Now if I were rich, I'd probably be willing to send a few $ myself to the right judges to make sure one of my favs qualifies for the olympics - as any cute, cool and hypocritical skating fan would do for one of their favs!

Well, that's backtracking.