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Debbie S said:
Gabriella Papadakis has written an article (on her Substack) about skating with Madi Hubbell and same-sex partnerships.

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GO FIGURE! | Gabriella Papadakis | Substack

coming in 2026. Click to read "GO FIGURE!", by Gabriella Papadakis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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That's an excellent - thoughtful and thought-provoking, as well as very personal about her skating history - piece.
 
Debbie S said:
Gabriella Papadakis has written an article (on her Substack) about skating with Madi Hubbell and same-sex partnerships.

gabriellapapadakis.substack.com

GO FIGURE! | Gabriella Papadakis | Substack

coming in 2026. Click to read "GO FIGURE!", by Gabriella Papadakis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
gabriellapapadakis.substack.com gabriellapapadakis.substack.com
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Read this with my morning coffee today & I thought it was thought-provoking, candid and very well-written!
 
Debbie S said:
Gabriella Papadakis has written an article (on her Substack) about skating with Madi Hubbell and same-sex partnerships.

gabriellapapadakis.substack.com

GO FIGURE! | Gabriella Papadakis | Substack

coming in 2026. Click to read "GO FIGURE!", by Gabriella Papadakis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
gabriellapapadakis.substack.com gabriellapapadakis.substack.com
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lowkey pissed at whoever told her she 'looked like shit' without makeup :angryfire
 
Papadakis & Hubbell preparing for Art on Ice (7 photos by Alain Wong):

Gabriella Papadakis. on Instagram: "In the midst of our busy lives, training with @splashmadison means lots of flying, tight schedules & packing in as much skating as we can. Always worth it. ? Thank you again @alainwong for coming & taking pictures

5,194 likes, 26 comments - gabriellapapadakis on January 9, 2025: "In the midst of our busy lives, training with @splashmadison means lots of flying, tight schedules & packing in as much skating as we can. Always worth it. ? Thank you again @alainwong for coming & taking pictures of us ?".
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Finland already has a female/female junior dance couple competing.

I think it’s a good way to maybe get more young female skaters to switch from singles to dance, when they realize they are not good enough jumpers, but might want to stay in the sport.

I looked at the entries at German Nationals and in the category below junior (not sure if it’s the one translating to juvenile) there’s 50 girls competing in the girls division and 3 boys in the boys division :scream:
 
Winnipeg said:
This could work in dance but I have some trouble seeing it in pairs although anything is possible.
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Exactly.

I think female-female pair teams would need a separate competition with different rules. But the numbers would probably be there in countries with many more girls skating than boys.

At juvenile level, the rules wouldn't be all that different, but once overhead lifts come into play with male lifters, I think female teams need different rules that use more dance-style lifts.
 
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Miezekatze said:
I looked at the entries at German Nationals and in the category below junior (not sure if it’s the one translating to juvenile) there’s 50 girls competing in the girls division and 3 boys in the boys division :scream:
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In the US and in the ISU's competitions, the level below Junior is Novice. But they define it differently from each other.

In the US it goes:

Pre-preliminary
Preliminary
Juvenile
Intermediate
Novice
Junior
Senior

Yes, those names make no sense when listed like that. :lol:
 
If a separate competition was to be held for same sex pairs teams, i,e., replacing pair lifts with dance lifts, then that new category also would have to be open to mixed pairs too............? I guess you could find a really big, strong, weight lifting female to lift a petite or much younger man..........although I have a hard time picturing this in an artistic sense.
 
Winnipeg said:
If a separate competition was to be held for same sex pairs teams, i,e., replacing pair lifts with dance lifts, then that new category also would have to be open to mixed pairs too............? I guess you could find a really big, strong, weight lifting female to lift a petite or much younger man..........although I have a hard time picturing this in an artistic sense.
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Or a big strong woman to lift a petite woman and have them in the regular pairs comp.
 
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