Canada pair takes figure skating title
Seems to be big news that a Canadian pair won the figure skating world title here this week. The angle for a lot of media is that Deanna Stellato‑Dudek is 40 years old and her partner, Maxime Deschamps, is 32.
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Kate
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Blork 12:22 on 2024-03-22 Permalink
Well, to be fair, the angle is mostly that she’s 40 and came back after a 16-year hiatus to win the top title, and that makes her the oldest woman to ever take that title (beating the previous record of 38, set 101 years ago). That’s quite an achievement, and is certainly notable.
I don’t really see the stories playing up the age difference as some kind of mismatch or “older woman/younger man” phenomenon. But that’s based on just those articles linked above; maybe others are going that way (which would be stupid and unfortunate).
Kate 12:57 on 2024-03-22 Permalink
I didn’t mean to imply that the age difference was a theme. I didn’t see anything about that, only that while being 32 years old is unusual, being 40 is unheard of.
Blork 14:38 on 2024-03-22 Permalink
Got it. And it’s nice to see “old” (40!) people doing well and breaking barriers. Personally, I can barely remember 32; it was so long ago, and like a different universe in terms of the kind of carbon-based Earth humanoid I was then. (Pre-“Blork!”)