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he is not an "evil person" and likely didn't tell her because he didn't want to hurt her feelings with the truth.
ETA to clarify - yes, the French federation has released Vanessa to represent Canada internationally (refer to @kwanfan1818's post below mine re. the Olympics).Flipping through the thread, it seems that VJ has CAN citizenship and the French Fed. released her? This means that she is automatically eligible to compete for CAN at the 2022 Olympics?
@olympic, did you already watch J/R's practice clip montage (scroll down here): https://twitter.com/CBCOlympics/status/1384874647670468610My open-ended question is how quickly can they become or how much work remains to be done for them to become a medal threat in the individual Pairs competition? I don't think we will have an answer until late next Fall when they've competed at a couple of international ISU events.
No: according to the Olympic Charter she will need an exception by the IOC to compete for Canada, since she competed at a championship for another country (France) within three years of the Olympics. (By about a month.) I've read here that both the Canadian and French Olympic Committees have to agree as well.Flipping through the thread, it seems that VJ has CAN citizenship and the French Fed. released her? This means that she is automatically eligible to compete for CAN at the 2022 Olympics?
If she really believed that about Eric, then why did she put him on blast the way she did?this is funny... honestly...
Duhamel would eat him for breakfast. If they paired it might be the first time ever that he quits because he can't take the heat, rather than dumping his partner.Rumor has it that next season, Evgeni Krasnopolski has his eyes on Duhamel as a potential partner.
ExactlyIf she really believed that about Eric, then why did she put him on blast the way she did?
Ugh kinda like when your spouse/girlfriendboyfriend/partner has cheated and everyone knew but you. Not quite the same .. but yah the same feelings.I listened to the first hour (Duhamel leaves shortly after that) and I'm surprised; I didn't think it was a good idea and I thought Dave was going to egg her on to speak about things that she hadn't really discussed. But it was a good listen.
The sexism thing she cleared up because she said she was reading comments and getting messages about Eric being that way, but she repeated several times that it's not the case and he just said something that sounded that way as a means of attempting to explain why he did what he did. However you feel about her, it has to be hard to listen to how skaters/friends/teammates texted her to say they knew what was going on (after the announcement) because Eric had let them in on it earlier than he told her. I will be honest in saying I haven't had any further discussions with her, but that part of it really has to sting that she really may have been one of the last people to find out. I think, from what it sounds like, Dave Lease was even clued in to the whole thing way earlier and he didn't want to say anything to Meagan about it. So, I still get it and understand her feelings.
Dave does state, however, that he and Aliona were in contact with each other this week and she confirmed that there was an attempt on Radford's part to see about skating together post-2014, and then again I believe in 2019? There is a funny moment when Meagan shares a story about how Aliona had texted Meagan personally while Eric was in Germany for a show to ask if they could skate together for a day or whatever, and Meagan responds something like 'I mean I would want to partner with Aliona, how am I going to tell someone else no?!'
There is also some history behind Trankov's beef with Duhamel which is pretty tame, and she explains how Russian skaters are often asked about competitors below them/how they feel about other skaters, which is not something she's ever experienced with North American media while she was competing.
That said, I still don't think laying out the facts as they were presented to her, which Radford also laid out in his own statement to be true, are putting him on blast.
Ta. These names you know.'That other guy' = Andreï Novoselov
I don't blame you. Had he not skated for France, I would have probably forgotten his name tooTa. These names you know.
What will they skate to this season though? We haven't even begun to think about that?
Word!Thank you for your service to those who watched the TSL video so the rest of us didn't have to.
Yeah, I found that interesting too since Vanessa isn't a US citizen and couldn't become one on short notice.Did we already know that Danny O'Shea had tried out with Vanessa James? I found that interesting.
Megs came across as another Megs in the news whining about her lot in life. She is "woke" only to her narcissistic feelings. I mean, seriously, it seems rather obvious why Eric kept this quiet. Professional shows were gone. Vanessa James is an amazing pair skater. Olympics only a year away. Megs is raising a newborn. Why would he make an announcement while he was trying to see if the new pairing would work out? And then to see if Vanessa could represent Canada. Megs has always lacked class. Of course Eric would keep his distance from her. She's insufferable.Meagan doesn't come off as whining to me. She explained that she had planned to bring a nanny for Zoey to Japan for the SOI tour (that's happening right now; as it turned out, all overseas skaters who were invited were not able to travel there). She confirmed that she was discussing show plans with Eric (such as North American Stars on Ice in the fall) at the same time that he and Vanessa were training together and waiting to see if she would be released by France. Meagan is not okay with the fact that she was "left in the dark for months" because he didn't let her know that he wanted to return to competition with Vanessa (or perform in shows together), but says she knows it was a "business decision" on his part and that he is "not an evil person" and likely didn't tell her because he didn't want to hurt her feelings with the truth. She knows Eric is not sexist, having grown up in a family with a strong working mother, but he "gave an excuse that appeared to be sexist" [this is a recap of the first 19 minutes].
That part kind of made me feel sad for her.She says she had her statement prepared before the announcement and was waiting to be contacted by CBC or Skate Canada for a comment, but she never was, so she posted it herself.
Wow. All I can say is I disagree with everything you’ve said here. It seems like all of your perceptions are colored by a strong, existing dislike. I thought she did a great job addressing all the speculation, misconceptions, and accusations on social media, and she did so in a cool, calm, reasonable, and evenhanded way.Megs came across as another Megs in the news whining about her lot in life. She is "woke" only to her narcissistic feelings. I mean, seriously, it seems rather obvious why Eric kept this quiet. Professional shows were gone. Vanessa James is an amazing pair skater. Olympics only a year away. Megs is raising a newborn. Why would he make an announcement while he was trying to see if the new pairing would work out? And then to see if Vanessa could represent Canada. Megs has always lacked class. Of course Eric would keep his distance from her. She's insufferable.
After you corrected an earlier post, I was surprised to hear Dave claim he was communicating with Aliona earlier this week and she confirmed what he said or maybe something different, and Duhamel honestly looked a little caught off-guard and, IIRC, she said she was also informed by her coaching team or some others in her camp way after the fact that Eric did try to do something in 2014. I don't really get that part of the story, especially if Dave is stating that he verified with Aliona (something that wasn't in the book, as you said).Duhamel goes all facts facts facts and then comes Lease with his twits where he claims Savchenko wrote in her book things that are not there. I can only imagine what 'facts' TSL will be 'quoting' in a couple of months,especially if Duhamel ceases being their BFF. The skaters really should be more picky about who they talk to and the media they prefer to represent them....
Ironic comment given the personal invective in your post. I wonder if we even watched the same interview? Duhamel was surprisingly unemotional, fair, and even generous when discussing Radford. The main issue she had was in being dropped like a stone when they had commitments, and in being the last to find out about it.Megs has always lacked class.
But during the interview he said he spoke to Aliona twice and she confirmed. Meagan also said she was aware of 2014 (years after the fact) and 2019.Duhamel goes all facts facts facts and then comes Lease with his twits where he claims Savchenko wrote in her book things that are not there. I can only imagine what 'facts' TSL will be 'quoting' in a couple of months,especially if Duhamel ceases being their BFF. The skaters really should be more picky about who they talk to and the media they prefer to represent them....