![]() To fans, they were the beloved two-time Olympic champions and four-time world champions, whose on-ice chemistry and technique made them living legends.īut when Grinkov collapsed at practice in November 1995, dying of a fatal heart attack in Gordeeva's arms, their own tragic love story would touch millions around the world.įor the past 15 years Gordeeva, known as “Katia,” she has performed in ice shows as a solo skater, but Sunday night she returns to the ice as part of a couple in CBC's Battle of the Blades. More than a decade before Jamie Salé and David Pelletier won Olympic gold with their Love Story routine, there was “G and G” - Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, the husband and wife Russian pairs team that dominated figure skating for 8 years. This time coming back into a textbook flying camel spin, change layback spin, change sit spin.įour frames and three minutes later, the shoot is done. As soon as she lands, she skates off in the other direction again. At full speed, she rounds back, picks into the ice, and her tiny frame launches into a huge split jump four feet in the air. She sighs with exhaustion, points to a spot on the ice and skates off in the other direction. The photographer needs a shot, but Gordeeva is tired after a long practice. ![]() ![]() ![]() On a recent weekday afternoon, 39-year-old Ekaterina Gordeeva is practising at the Upper Canada College rink in Forest Hill. ![]()
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