kwanfan1818
RIP D-10
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I think that two/three of Chock/Bates, Guignard/Fabbri, and Gilles/Poirier will stay in until 2026. It's possible that all three will, but health and personal lives may need to have a word.
If GrePar hadn't struggled this season, including with injury, it would have been fine with them and C/P preparing for a future without C/B. It's not that there aren't a lot of talented teams for US 4-10, but unless they were Soviet/Russian teams back when #2 would just slot into #1's place (or just off the podium) when #1 retired, new teams usually need a few seasons to establish themselves, and musical chairs for US 3 isn't the best case scenario going into a transition year. Gre/Par's 6th at their first Worlds was unusual, even as US #2. (H/B never made it that high.)
C/B have done the slow entry into Fall competition building towards Worlds, for the last couple of seasons. I think USFS should just let him/them heal this season and even let them skip the GP if they want to. If USFS wants to monitor the new programs, they can do that privately. It's not like USFS won't have the Men's World Champion on their Skate America roster, plus the Women's silver medalist. It would be great if his back could get better, and he can lift his children without pain in his future.
If GrePar hadn't struggled this season, including with injury, it would have been fine with them and C/P preparing for a future without C/B. It's not that there aren't a lot of talented teams for US 4-10, but unless they were Soviet/Russian teams back when #2 would just slot into #1's place (or just off the podium) when #1 retired, new teams usually need a few seasons to establish themselves, and musical chairs for US 3 isn't the best case scenario going into a transition year. Gre/Par's 6th at their first Worlds was unusual, even as US #2. (H/B never made it that high.)
C/B have done the slow entry into Fall competition building towards Worlds, for the last couple of seasons. I think USFS should just let him/them heal this season and even let them skip the GP if they want to. If USFS wants to monitor the new programs, they can do that privately. It's not like USFS won't have the Men's World Champion on their Skate America roster, plus the Women's silver medalist. It would be great if his back could get better, and he can lift his children without pain in his future.