Hasn't Marjorie also has a couple of concussions? Presumably both she and Jean-Luc have been medically cleared to compete. I do wonder of the number of concussions ice dancers seem to be having recently.I thought it was Kaitlin who had all the concussions, not Jean-Luc?
ETA: Just checked Wiki and it looks like they both had concussions, but yes he had three.
All these difficult lifts are taking their toll. I worry especially for the teams with the smaller lifting partners - Shoma and Jean-Luc come to mind. At least Jean-Luc is experienced.
The very fast spins with the girl in a laid out position (think centrifical force) might also be a cause for increased brain trauma.All these difficult lifts are taking their toll. I worry especially for the teams with the smaller lifting partners - Shoma and Jean-Luc.
JLB and Marjo should consider starting a bakery side business in Montréal called Boulangerie LaLuc that sells skating and Star Trek-themed goodies.
Actually, yes!
Jean-Luc Baker retired in 2023, a bit later than Cizeron (if I remember correctly, he and Hawayek last competed at the beginning of the 2023/2024 season), although, unlike Papadakis/Cizeron, he and Hawayek performed only in a few shows after that. That said, I don't think it's impossible for him to get in form.
Cizeron probably started getting back into competitive shape in 2024 when he and Papadakis were considering if they would return, so he probably had a longer run in than Baker even though he and Fournier-Beaudry didn't team up until spring 2025 (assuming that the LaLas didn't decide to split until after Worlds, and Baker hadn't already decided to come back with any partner he could get). He's no doubt much fitter than the vast majority of non-elite athletes, but considering how wiped skaters are complaining about being now that they're coming back to training after their holidays it'll probably take a while. But I don't think it'll affect their prospects if he's a bit gassed by the end of their programmes at their first competitions in the autumn.
Yes, you are right. For some reason I thought they competed at a smaller competition in autumn of 2023, but I clearly remembered wrong. Nonetheless, they posted especially filmed performances of their programs for the 2023/2024 season in January 2024, and they were still in great form then.
Dammit, Jim! I wanted sprinkles, not chocolate frosting!
then no team currently competing in seniors has competed it? I suppose the edge will go to skaters with coaches who have trained/competed it.
and even those skaters who have competed it before, not only have they not competed gw in over 10 years, they probably stopped training it a long time ago too. so the edge they have with experience might not be that much of a factor?
The height difference shouldn't be an issue. Marjorie is deceptively short and petite.
I agree. There's 7 inches between them. That should be enough.
At least a freestyle skater doesn't have to gel with their new partner!
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PorPap works doesn't it?Carolina Portesi Peroni and Pietro Papetti are a new ice dance team for Italy, training with Barbara Fusar-Poli.
Portesi_Papetti on Instagram: "🇮🇹 Siamo entusiasti di annunciare questa nuova partnership! Siamo felici di rappresentare l’Italia e non vediamo l’ora di iniziare questo incredibile percorso insieme a un fantastico team di allenatori che ci accompag
portesi.papetti_icedance on June 4, 2026: "🇮🇹 Siamo entusiasti di annunciare questa nuova partnership! Siamo felici di rappresentare l’Italia e non vediamo l’ora di iniziare questo incredibile percorso insieme a un fantastico team di allenatori che ci accompagnerà in questa avventura. Se vi...
What are we going to do with THOSE names? PorPerPap? Porpetti?
Replying to myself. Out of curiosity I looked up the height difference between Piper and Paul and it's 5 inches (and no one thinks that's not enough). The difference between Chock and Bates is 12 inches (too much imo). So Marjo and JL are just fine with 7 inches. Just about perfect actually.
Nooooooo…. That makes me think of a bad Pap smear
With all the "P" alliteration in their names, we could just call them Pepperoni Pizza.CP4 could be their nickname.
