News and updates à la Française, part trois
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Lots of ‘brouhaha’ about Vincent Restencourt in the Gracie Gold thread... Anyone knows about allegations while he was coaching in France? Legal matters?
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Very sad news for French Ice Dance Corentin Rahier decided to quit skating and focus on his engineering studies. Here is his instagram post. And this is their very nice Coco Channel FD for those who didn't know them. I thought they were very promising. Of course I wish him all the best, it is hard to make your way through such an expensive discipline. Still gutted though.
Apparently Natacha wishes to continue and go on as a senior looking for a new partner per her instagram.
Apparently Natacha wishes to continue and go on as a senior looking for a new partner per her instagram.
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Not that I ever heard of. (But I certainly don't know everything about everyone) Anyway, as I explained in the Gracie Gold thread, French records are not public and you can't access them unless you are a lawyer (or a potential employer) and have a valid reason to ask. You can make a request in writing only. For instance, in France there is nothing like in the US where you can get the details of someone's sentence, counts of indictments, dates of auditions and precise reasons for the sentencing. Recently it costed me a meager $ 4.95 to know why someone I knew virtually from an Internet forum about dog-sledding was sentenced. In France there is nothing like this. I assume that's linked to the laws regarding "protection de la vie privée" (protection of your private life).
TSL has no way to access French records (except if they are themselves suing him for the same case and even in this instance, discussing publically the details of a case is illegal before and while the courts auditions are being held, you can go public only after the sentence is made) and if Vincent Restencourt had been convicted of anything illegal in the US, I assume he'd either be expelled from the country if he holds a green card or in jail if he's become a US citizen. TSL should be extra careful. I'm not saying all this is true or untrue, just that nobody in the general public can access someone else's legal records in France. So that's not how Dave Lease's allegations can be backed up.
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Oh no!!!!
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Now, will Corentin back track on his epic quote about Abachkina?
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Someone put Abachkina and Rahier in the same room and don't let them out of it until they pair up!
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Certainly she'll never get him now.
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More over, if you're an employer, you can only ask if the person is "adequate" for a position. You won't be able to have more than a "Yes" or "No" when you ask. When it's a No, you can't do anything. You have to ask the person to request his own records and let you have a peak. That is if he lets you have a peak.
There is no way for TSL to even hint there are proofs. Had he been convicted, I am sure it would have made a lot of noise in the rinks considering the Beyer story.
French team (Vanessa Morgan Mae and Kevin) on french regional tv in 20 mn here :
http://www.telegrenoble.net/direct.htm (at 19h15 local time) according to vanessa's instagram stories
http://www.telegrenoble.net/direct.htm (at 19h15 local time) according to vanessa's instagram stories
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Clearly, he needs to focus on engineering so he can construct the most Abachkina-proof fortress ever!
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Sad that Rahier is not going to continue, as I loved their programs last year.
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Yes of course, you can go behind your partner's back, ask another guy to skate with you !I wish he would!
Two huge talents ...
With talent who needs class or manners!
I stand by Corenthin, bright young and talented guy, lot's of class and wish him best of luck in his future.
Really sad to see him go, world of skating needs more Corenthin!
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Corentin has a younger brother or two? Still ice dancing?
Manners in ice dancing? They do not exist for the most parts.
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It was of course meant as a joke ...
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Corentin, my favourite diva in the making 
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Btw, how ironic that out of so many skaters it was he and Abachkina to have retired within just one month!
...Btw, how ironic that out of so many skaters it was he and Abachkina to have retired within just one month!
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Corentin, my favourite diva in the making
Btw, how ironic that out of so many skaters it was he and Abachkina to have retired within just one month!
Absolutely mind boggling! Do you understand what happened between Corentin and Natasha? I can't get over it!
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Judging by their instagram posts, there must have been some personal issues/tensions between Natasha and Corentin, which hardly surprises me, bearing in mind his notorious Abachkina moment
. Such a shame, I expected them to become serious contenders for no. 2 status in France...Peepsquick
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Judging by their instagram posts, there must have been some personal issues/tensions between Natasha and Corentin, which hardly surprises me, bearing in mind his notorious Abachkina moment
me too!
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Here is what Corentin wrote on his FB page and Insta : "Hi everyone. Natacha and I no longer skate together. The injuries and the difficulties of confidence in our relationship after them have leaded us to that stop. I do retire from figure skating in order to concentrate on my engineering studies. I’d like to kindly thank every single person who has worked with us so far and believed in us : our coaches, our fans, the french federation, our families, our friends and all the members of our staff. I wish to Natacha Lagouge a great carrier as she will continue skating. To all my skating friends, best of luck on your ways and who knows ? Maybe see you soon !"
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Can anyone recap or remind what competition the "notorious Abachinka quote" happened?
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cocotaffy
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double post Taz'smum beat me to it
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Love it! I remember watching that live and not understanding what was going on but loving that it happened. Olivier's expression says it all.
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I love the way Olivier found it funny, but knew he was the responsible adult in the room and had to be seen to tell Corentin off
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About Rahier, he's in 4th year of higher education. If things went and go smoothly, in June 2020, he will probably have his ingeneering degree, be ready to go on the job market but would barely be a senior ice dancer, trying to build back a couple.
So unless a golden opportunity occurs, his decision is quite undertandable.
So unless a golden opportunity occurs, his decision is quite undertandable.
