This is where we discuss figure skating and skating related items. How did you favourite skaters perform, and so on? However we never speculate on the private lives of skaters, like who might be going out with whom, because that is poison and is not tolerated here. A good guideline is that if it's not publicly announced, in the papers etc. then it's probably best to leave it alone. Is it a gray area? Then write to me and ask.
After 11 years of competing together, after each overcoming injuries (even a shoulder dislocation mid-competition), after Yuka giving up her Japanese citizenship to compete at the Olympics, and after quite a bit of success, this Russian pair team has decided to retire. They realized that they were unlikely to be chosen to participate in the Olympics. They will both be coaching in the Moskvina school in St. Petersburg and will perform together in shows.
For their sake, I am very glad to hear they have made this decision. Watching them compete last year at Skate Canada was so painful....not just for the audience, but for them as skaters. She looked in obvious discomfort and should not have been competing. I was very surprised to hear that they were mounting an Olympic comeback this season and I feared she would do irreparable harm to her body (if she hasn't already.....).
