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Davis, White say no to PyeongChang,
but yes to new adventures BY LYNN RUTHERFORD
Meryl Davis and Charlie White have officially closed the door on returning to competition for the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. The an- nouncement, made live on the Feb. 23rd “Today” show at New York City’s Rockefeller Center, came nearly three years to the day after the six-time U.S. ice dance champions won gold at the Sochi Games. “It was a decision we put a lot of time,
thought and energy into,” Davis said. “Clear- ly an opportunity like that is one you take seriously and we feel we did. We really lis- tened to ourselves over the course of the last three years.” The two-time World champions aren’t
begging off because they can’t meet tech- nical demands; as Davis said, “We’ve actual- ly improved since Sochi, which was part of the push and pull we experienced making the decision.” Rather, having the freedom to pursue other avenues — from show skat- ing to commentating and charitable en- deavors — is just too liberating to give up. The skaters, who competed separate-
ly with professional partners on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2014, have performed almost nonstop since Sochi, most recently in “Art on Ice” in Switzerland as well as holi- day shows throughout the U.S. On April 13, they kick off the Stars on Ice tour in Ft. My- ers, Florida. “We feel lucky we get to travel inter-
nationally and get invitations to different tours,” Davis said. “We’ve done lots of shows in Japan; we did ‘Love on the Floor’ there last summer (with Kristi Yamaguchi and Daisuke Takahashi) and we’re going to do it again this summer.” The analytical White provides com-
mentary for NBCSports and icenetwork, a role he hopes to expand. “There are so many different things
as a commentator I want to accomplish,” he said. “First and foremost, I want to help bring to life for audiences the joy, the effort and the commitment it has taken for skat- ers to get where they are. At the same time, audiences deserve an unbiased opinion of how dancers can push the sport forward.” Davis tried her hand at interviewing
competitors for icenetwork during the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Kansas City, Missouri. “We have known skaters’ highs and
lows for a long time and to be able to have conversations with teammates and friends, and to highlight what these moments mean to them, from the perspective of someone
who really understands what it takes to get there, I found a lot of pleasure in that,” she said.
She is deeply involved in Figure Skat-
ing in Detroit, an after-school youth devel- opment program that will serve 300 girls ages 6–15. The program is modeled after Figure Skating in Harlem, which successful- ly transitions underprivileged girls through grade school and on to college by incorpo- rating the discipline of figure skating into their academic pursuits.
“Today” show’s Willie Geist interviews Meryl Davis and Charlie White about their competitive future.
“We had our first fundraiser on Feb. 27
with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra,” Da- vis said. “We’re really excited to introduce Detroiters to the program, because we be- lieve in it so much. We have a young wom- an from Figure Skating in Harlem, she’s in university now, coming to Detroit to speak about what her experiences (in the pro- gram) meant to her.” Both are also on the lookout for new
challenges. “When you’re not competing, you
have the leeway and freedom and extra en- ergy to spare,” White said. “We’re really excited to take these
lessons we’ve learned into so many other aspects of our lives, as well as into new ad- ventures,” Davis said.
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