Soucisse & Firus Cheer Thread!

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Just in time for St. Patrick's Day :) ☘️, Hiro Yoshida has a nice long new interview with Carolane and Shane. A few highlights:

“After the 2022 season, Carol (Lane) put that bug in our ears to maybe look at other options and see if there was a possibility,” Firus said. “We slowly started looking at things.”

“From her perspective, we are always happy skaters,” Soucisse continued. “We’re quite easy going and training is usually fun for us and we enjoy it but I think she saw that we were maybe struggling to find motivation. When she first brought it up, we didn’t think it would be an option for us, so we didn’t necessarily investigate at that point in time. Then we did 2023 Canadian Nationals. We did our two best programmes of the year there and we still had poor scores, and teams that were usually well behind us were starting to almost be ahead of us.”

“We had the same score if not lower than we did internationally,” Firus said. “That’s when we really started investigating and pursued changing.”
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“After Canadian Nationals, we contacted the ISAI as an enquiry about possibly representing Ireland and what would that look like if possible at all,” Firus said. “It went from there. They were receptive to us coming in as long as that was what we fully intended.”

“That we were committed which we totally understand,” Soucisse added. “It’s not an easy process, so everybody needs to be one hundred percent which we were. But I do understand that from their perspective that they didn’t know us and must have wondered if we were serious about this. It’s a lot of work.”

“We didn’t want to waste anyone’s time too,” Firus said. “From there, we thought the release would be easier and then it turned into being less easy.”
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“I guess we’re going to have to see over the years, but Euros felt so warm and so inclusive,” Soucisse said. “It was quite emotional. Maybe not for Shane, he never cries. But for me. When we went into the stadium for the free dance, I was mind blown. Mind blown. How lucky are we to get to experience this the one year when Europeans is massive.”

While the doors to European and World Championships have been unlocked for Soucisse and Firus, the path to competing at the Olympic Games remains unclear with only Firus having Irish citizenship. However, the team are for the moment concentrating on the increased possibilities that they have. Competing at the European and World level will they hope bring the sport a higher profile back in Ireland than it currently has.

“It wasn’t our focus when we switched,” Firus said about competing at the Olympics. “It was really just to experience more of what skating has to offer. Before it was very stagnant and we were almost repeating the same season every year. The possibility of doing different events, such as Euros or Worlds, really was the focus and the goal.”

“We really want to just represent the country, make our own place in the figure skating world and make a place for Ireland too,” Soucisse said. “Already it feels like we’re giving hope to other people that it’s possible to do these things. One of our goals to inspire and bring more exposure to the sport in Ireland and to see there’s more room for Irish skaters. They need the facilities, and they need the place where they can actually make it to these levels.”

On 29 February, Soucisse and Firus sealed their on ice and off ice partnership by getting legally married. They will have a larger wedding celebration in May in Mexico. Firus surprised Soucisse with a proposal during their visit to Ireland last summer.
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Beyond the World Championships and their nuptials, Soucisse and Firus will wrap up their season with Irish Nationals in June. They are eagerly anticipating having a full competition season in 2024-2025 and have already commenced preparations.

“Our plan is to choose our theme for next year’s free dance before Worlds this year,” Soucisse said. “We want to get that started and potentially skate a new free dance for Nationals, so that at least we have one programme that’s ready. With Nationals being in June and our season starting soon after, we’re going have to get going. If we have the free dance done for Nationals, we only have a new rhythm dance to do which makes more sense.”
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Soucisse and Firus: Exploring New Horizons

By Hiro Yoshida Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus surprised the skating world last May when their names appeared on the entry list for the 2023 Irish National Figure Skating Championships. Their wh…
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Irish citizenship isn't too difficult. 3 years residence and 3 years married or in a relationship with an Irish citizen for 3 years. I think they have the relationship covered and they are marrying this year. Not sure how long Carolane has been in residence in Ireland. They may squeak in for 2026 Olympics but if not, they are for sure in for the next one.
 
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Worlds RD practice footage (though it's taken from across the rink!):
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ISAI 🇮🇪⛸☘️ on Instagram: "Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus 🇮🇪 had a Super Freak-in’ great practice for the first time in the main #WorldFigure arena in Montreal, Canada! The ice dance event begins this Friday. 🙌 #FigureSkating"

42 likes, 2 comments - iceskatingireland on March 19, 2024: "Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus 🇮🇪 had a Super Freak-in’ great practice for the first time in the main #WorldFigure arena in Mo...".
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Closer up: https://twitter.com/sadovskies/status/1770257020559511601?t=cRLqDMUCEMwNg_bT_zs8qA&s=19
 
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Carolane loves her new flower crown :) : https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1771603582741074023

They discuss upcoming plans (the second wedding ceremony in May, new free dance, Irish nationals in June): https://twitter.com/IceSkateIRL/status/1771661717501542632

Proud of them for two clean skates. The free dance was lovely. They have work to do to try to get their scores up, but they've already accomplished a LOT this season, with their first Europeans and getting back to Worlds after six years, and making the cut both times. :respec:
 
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Carolane and Shane are creative directors of the East York Skating Club ice show (where they also coach) this weekend:
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EastYorkSkatingClub on Instagram: "We are honoured to announce some of our fantastic guest skaters for the ice show! Presenting the Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus. Shane and Caro are coaches here at the East York Skating Club. They are also this

21 likes, 0 comments - eastyorkskatingclub on April 22, 2024: "We are honoured to announce some of our fantastic guest skaters for the ice show! Presenting the Carolane Soucisse & Shane Firus. Shan...".
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Very brief clip of them skating to "The Power of Love" in the show (I can't ID the singer):

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