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Before the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Canada, the Soviet Union had won six consecutive gold medals in pairs skating. Ekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov looked to add to that legacy. Gordeyeva and ...
From the beginning, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were more than just a pair skating together. Their relationship was blessed with artistic, athletic and emotional harmony that led the Russian ...
To watch Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva skate, said choreographer Sandra Bezic, was like heaven. They had been together since he was 15 and she 11. At first like an older brother and younger ...
Ekaterina Gordeeva was born in Moscow, Russia, and by the age of four was already training as a figure skater. By the age of 11, Gordeeva was a natural on ice and was paired with Sergei Grinkov. After ...
Russian pairs skater Sergei Grinkov died of complications from severe heart disease rarely seen in a 28-year-old athlete. Dr. Alan Kadish, a professor at Northwestern University Medical School, said ...
Ekaterina Gordeeva sips from a cup of soup, trying to warm up after hours on the ice posing for an ad campaign. The photo shoot for Target stores is just one of the projects that has kept Gordeeva’s ...
Sergei Grinkov, who with his wife won two Olympic gold medals for a romantic skating style that mirrored their off-ice love story, died Monday while practicing for a show. Grinkov, 28, was practicing ...
In her first performance in three months, figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva glided across the Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center ice Tuesday night with a fluidity and grace that undoubtedly helped her win ...
ALBANY - Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva skated with fans Friday at the Empire State Plaza Ice Rink. Gordeeva started staking at about 11 a.m. and will be at the rink until 1 p.m.
HARTFORD If she could not make time go backward, then Ekaterina Gordeeva would conquer her tragic history with a powerful revival. Gordeeva, a stark and determined athlete at the Hartford Civic Center ...