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The pair formed by Australian dance Danielle O'' Brien and Gregory Merriman announced via their official Facebook profile withdrawal from competition.
Friday 11 April 2014 5 minutes reading time
Train in recent seasons by the staff led by Pasquale Camerlengo at Bloomfield Hills, the two boys native of Sidney, respectively twenty-four years she and him twenty-five, they got better results as a twentieth place in the recent Olympic Games in Sochi and a twentieth place in the World Nice in 2012, without forgetting the seventh position in the'' last edition of the Four Continents Championships and seven national senior titles.
O'' Brien / Merriman, along with a farewell message, thanking fans, coaches, family, federation Australian and Australian Olympic Committee.
"As they say, all good things come to an end with the conclusion of the 2013/14 season was also closed our racing career for Australia'', long twelve years.'' Quest'' year we had the honor to represent our country in the Olympic Games, and having received so much support and support from all over the world is our intention to give thanks for the words of encouragement and good wishes.
Nothing would have been possible without the help of technicians'' who accompanied us over the years. The first mention it to our first coach Monica MacDonald, who is been a source of inspiration and has taught us to think big. Then, Andrei Filippov,'' the encyclopedia of figure skating, which has led us to focus more above. Following the athletic trainer John Marsden, who we thank for keeping us in shape when you were not on the ice, not to mention Victor Kraatz, which goes a thank you for sharing with us his love for skating and giving us the courage to do the leap and decide to realize our dreams in Detroit. We then go to our existing technical staff composed of Massimo Scali, Elizabeth Swallow, Natalia Deller Annenko, Pasquale Camerlengo and Angelika Krylova. Thanks to your skills, your leadership and your support we have crowned our Olympic dream and became the Australian couple dancing the most successful in storia.Un thanks also go to our training partners who day after day has been a source of inspiration and have helped us to achieve the level high as possible. We look forward to assisting your success in the coming seasons.
We also thank the Australian Federation of figure skating and the committee because oilimpico Australian have confidence in our ability and have given us the means essential to the achievement of our goals.
Finally, a big thank you to our families and to the many friends who have accompanied every step of our cammino.Ci manherà so the competitive side of the sport, but now we think of the future and the opportunities that we will all'' inside and beyond the world of figure skating. "
Results in hand, O'' Brien / Merriman can be considered the best pair of dancing Australian history in cohabitation with MacDonald / Clarke.
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