Dance Retirements Poll

[haribobo]

Who will retire now/before next season?

 

[my little pony]

should we call it "who wont compete again" as I think technically MK is not yet retired

 

[jamesy]

Does it count if they don't compete again until the '29/'30 season?

 

[Wyliefan]

Why would CPom or Lop/Bri or Lim/Quan retire? Lim/Quan had a couple of bad skates, but they're still young and have potential.

 

[Karen-W]

Why would CPom or Lop/Bri or Lim/Quan retire? Lim/Quan had a couple of bad skates, but they're still young and have potential.

The better question is why include those teams, some of whom have already posted on IG or remarked in the Mixed Zone after the FD that they're working on next season already (CarPon & LimQuan), but exclude LajLag with their obvious disappointment & eyebrow-raising Mixed Zone remarks about their future.

 

[Rukia]

lol yeah cpom have been very clear they are aiming for 2030

I don't think lala will retire just yet either, but I do have some questions about what is going on with them and iam

 

[skategal]

I think Zach’s remarks were just to get away from the media without saying anything much.

IIRC, Mark said that Zach told him about something he didn’t do in Milano Olympics that he regretted and said he would make note “for next time” indicating staying in for 4 more years.

Granted that was before Worlds 2026 but I really don’t think they will retire. Just questioning next steps forward.

 

[Wyliefan]

Yeah, I didn't get any retirement vibes from their interview.

 

[PRlady]

LaLa have been waiting to be Canada #1 for so long. Unlike CarPon, who must be disappointed not to succeed ChoBat, Marjorie and Zack have no serious domestic competition. I also think they should reconsider IAM especially if FB/C are staying as the anointed team, but they certainly shouldn’t retire now.

 

[kwanfan1818]

LaLa have been waiting to be Canada #1 for so long.

In name as well as ability.

 

[beckab81]

The better question is why include those teams, some of whom have already posted on IG or remarked in the Mixed Zone after the FD that they're working on next season already (CarPon & LimQuan), but exclude LajLag with their obvious disappointment & eyebrow-raising Mixed Zone remarks about their future.

Relieved to hear that about LimQuan, their reaction after the free had me nervous (and I don’t follow all the social media feeds with the quotes).

 

[Aussie Willy]

Guignard/Fabbri posted on their socials that they were planning on competing next year.

 

[my little pony]

I feel like some of these teams need their own episode of starting over with Iyanla

 

[peibeck]

Guignard/Fabbri posted on their socials that they were planning on competing next year.

Marco gonna barely twizzle til he can't twizzle no more???

I've always liked G/F, but c'mon kids, it's time.

 

[text_skate]

I really hope GuiFab will retire. I don't want to watch them again. I've always liked them, but now it's time, age is showing. The same goes for ChoBat

 

[her grace]

LaLa have been waiting to be Canada #1 for so long. Unlike CarPon, who must be disappointed not to succeed ChoBat, Marjorie and Zack have no serious domestic competition. I also think they should reconsider IAM especially if FB/C are staying as the anointed team, but they certainly shouldn’t retire now.

Agreed. If Gilles/Poirier actually retire, and if nothing materially changes about L/L’s results, then I could see them dropping out mid-quad ala Hawayek/Baker. But I suspect they would want to see how they’re received as Canada #1 before retiring.

 

[her grace]

Guignard/Fabbri posted on their socials that they were planning on competing next year.

At the rate we're going, the only people who will retire will be frustrated juniors and young seniors.

It's time to say goodbye.

 

[Evgeniafan]

At the rate we're going, the only people who will retire will be frustrated juniors and young seniors.

It's time to say goodbye.

I completely agree.

 

[angi]

Guignard/Fabbri posted on their socials that they were planning on competing next year.

Was it an ig stroy? I don't see anything on their accounts

 

[Karen-W]

Was it an ig stroy? I don't see anything on their accounts

I thought the only thing they'd said about next season was the quote from the post-Olympics article from one of their sponsors - the Italian police? It was discussed in the Dance Hall thread at the time.

 

[angi]

I thought the only thing they'd said about next season was the quote from the post-Olympics article from one of their sponsors - the Italian police? It was discussed in the Dance Hall thread at the time.

That's what I'm familiar with as well, but was wondering if they posted anything new

 

[skateblessing]

I´m still convinced the article about G/F not reitiring was something lost in translation. I´m not going to believe it until I see it.

T/V has said they will stay until Worlds 2027 in Finland. However - given Matthias struggling with his back and nerve pain, my fear is they are never going to make it and they will give have to retire before they like. I hope i´m wrong though. They deserve to end it all with a season without struggles in Finland.

FBC might sit out the next two seasons.

 

[tangerine dream]

At the rate we're going, the only people who will retire will be frustrated juniors and young seniors.

It's time to say goodbye.

Ugh, that's the worst, like when V/M announced they were coming back in 2016 and just about every internationally competitive Canadian dance team outside the top three immediately split or retired.

 

[her grace]

Ugh, that's the worst, like when V/M announced they were coming back in 2016 and just about every internationally competitive Canadian dance team outside the top three immediately split or retired.

I liked a lot of those teams, but they correctly read the room that there was no hope of championship assignments.

The Shibs’s surprise worlds bronze also sent a seismic shock through US dance with a lot of splits. I wonder if Z/K’s bronze will have any effects on the other teams.

 

[skateblessing]

I liked a lot of those teams, but they correctly read the room that there was no hope of championship assignments.

The Shibs’s surprise worlds bronze also sent a seismic shock through US dance with a lot of splits. I wonder if Z/K’s bronze will have any effects on the other teams.

Speaking of.. that is one team that should be in the poll. I think they will retire again.

 

[jlai]

I liked a lot of those teams, but they correctly read the room that there was no hope of championship assignments.

The Shibs’s surprise worlds bronze also sent a seismic shock through US dance with a lot of splits. I wonder if Z/K’s bronze will have any effects on the other teams.

But with C/B retiring and G/P looking vulnerable there should be room for a breakthrough from a younger team

 

[Dobre]

Do we think van Rensburg & Steffan will keep going?

 

[skateblessing]

Do we think van Rensburg & Steffan will keep going?

I thought they were going to retire but I think they said in the interview at Worlds they will do another season?

 

[Karen-W]

I thought they were going to retire but I think they said in the interview at Worlds they will do another season?

Another team that needs to read the room and isn't.

 

[skateblessing]

Another team that needs to read the room and isn't.

Maybe, but they had a great season really and improved their scores. Maybe they feel like they can climb more, they could possible get two spots for Germany at Euros. There are other teams I think should read the room and retire before them, particular G/F