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Sudbury's Simon Shnapir Ending Skating Partnership With Castelli
The duo skated together for eight years and won two U.S. Championships and helped win a bronze medal at the first-ever Olympic figure skating team event.
Written by Mark Schieldrop
The figure skating duo of Sudbury resident Simon Shnapir and Marissa Castelli — two time U.S. Champions who appeared in the Olympics together, finishing ninth — have ended their figure skating partnership.
Castelli, a Cranston, R.I., native, said their pairing, which has skated together for eight years, led them on an amazing journey and she "wouldn't change it for anything," the Associated Press reported.
The pair finished ninth in the Olympics and helped lead the U.S. Figure Skating team to a bronze medal in the team event.
Both skaters are trying out new partners.
Read more of the Associated Press report at the Providence Journal.
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