G&G
The world's greatest pairs skating team, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei G. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, the world's greatest pairs skating team. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, winners of the 1988 and 1994 Winter Olympics pairs figure skating championships and idols of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, are known to fans as G&G.
Figure skating combines the spirit of sport and art, and pursues a perfect balance of power and beauty. When people talk about G&G, perfection is the most frequently used word. They have been called "the most perfect couple in the history of global sports", from partners, world champions, to lovers, husband and wife, first-time parents, along the way, to achieve a legend, but also to create one of the most charming romantic stories in the sports world, and has a beautiful fruit -- daughter Dalia. -daughter Dahlia.
The pair, "the most perfect on-ice team ever", have been virtually undefeated in major and minor competitions since 1986, despite the presence of rivals such as Dimitriyev, and have become the only skaters to win gold medals in their comebacks. Their partnership began as a "baby pairing" when Glinkov was 14 and Godeva was only 10. Soon the pair began their journey to conquer the world of ice: at the age of 13 they won the World Pairs Junior Championships, at the age of 14 they won their first World Championships, and at the age of 16 they won their first gold medal at the Winter Olympics (1988). They didn't make it to the 1992 Winter Olympics because of a subsequent switch to professional figure skating. the 1994 Winter Olympics were open to professional figure skaters for the first time, and Glinkov and Godieva made a comeback, easily winning another Olympic gold medal.
They were married on April 21, 1991, in Moscow. Since then, their skating skills have been different. "When they skated before the wedding, they used to sketch beautiful lines, but just like two kids who didn't know how to live." According to their friend Julin, "In the last few years, the ice lovebirds got more and more fabulous together. Because everything was so perfect: they loved each other y and loved their Delia."
They have been called the best pairs pairing in skating, demonstrating what pairs skating is all about: magic as one. Perhaps their peers better appreciate the rarity of what they've achieved, Paul. You can see the power that exists between them on the ice," said Paul Wiley. Their eyes never leave each other during the whole performance. No one can do that in pairs skating because it's a distraction. But with them it's totally different, it's so natural. You could see how much they loved each other. You just look at them and wish you could have that kind of relationship with someone. We all wish we had that feeling, that perfect two-person world that not many people get to have." American coach John. Pickles said, "They're the consummate partnership, and until you see him skate in person, you don't know how to appreciate a 180-pound man skating on the ice without making a sound. Their sensibilities are symphonic. Don't look at them, just listen: there isn't a sound. No matter what the conditions of the ice are, all you hear is music. They glide so freely, their skates never scrape the ice." Sports commentator Dick. Barton said, "He had strength, will, speed, romantic presence, and he had an extraordinary sense of music. Above all, he has an uncanny ability to work together, which is what drives people to do pairs skating." "He's totally focused on her," says Staubke, a former U.S. pairs skating champion, "and she returns that 'I love you like that' gaze that only makes your heart sing along. "
Grinkov had handsome looks, a personality that everyone praised and an ever-cheerful smile. In addition to his championship caliber on the ice, off the ice Glinkov is remembered by everyone as healthy, happy, and full of enthusiasm as a good partner, husband, and father. He was therefore a charming prince both on and off the ice - and as people became more and more aware of his precious existence, the true fairy tale of "the princess and the prince lived happily ever after" was crushed by tragedy without any warning: on November 28, 1995, in a ceremony between On November 28, 1995, at the World Skating Training Center in Simsbury, Connecticut, where Glinkov and Gediva had settled, the 28-year-old Glinkov died of a heart attack during a routine ice practice. His thousands of spectators and the entire figure skating community, with which he was closely associated, were shocked and distressed. According to doctors' diagnosis, Glinkov had an inherited gene for heart disease, and due to his strong athlete's physique, previous small signs were ignored, leading to a sudden coronary artery blockage. At the scene of the incident, 1992 Olympic silver medalist Paul . Willie said two days later, "It was a lesson we didn't need. It was just too much to take in."
From now on, we will only be able to relive the flawless, flowing performances of Gordeeva and Glinkov on videotape or in memories, and grieve and lament them forever. This pair of ice Romeo and Juliet, they had been hailed as the sweetest pair of lovers in the global sports world, finally can not *** together to complete the dance of life. From then on, stay 24-year-old Godeva ice solo dance, although forever lost to love, she still continue the same belong to her husband's dream, just like insisting on their true love, the same determination.
More than three months later, Glinkov and Godieva's friends on and off the ice held a concert at the gymnasium where they practiced together titled "Sergei. Sergei Glinkov: A Celebration of a Life," a public ****memorial honoring the figure skating community's respect for Glinkov and consolation for Gediva, which was televised across the United States by CBS. Olympic champion Christy . Yamaguchi opened the program with soft, elegant music and movement. Below there was the son of Glinkov's coach (Alexes note: Marina Zueva's son, Foder, is now representing Canada and is currently ranked No. 3 in the Canadian rankings), a 13-year-old boy on the ice, presenting a continuation of the spirit of sportsmanship. Glinkov once told the young boy, "If you're going to do it, go for the limit." Many of the competitors who took part in the event included the famous former East German Olympic champion Katarina . Witte and former U.S. Olympic champion Brian Bowitano, among others. Bowitano, among others, chose to honor Elephant Love for the love story of Glinkov and Gediva. Said Bowitano, who performed to "Don't Cry" by famed singer Sil: "No matter what, we know that the most important thing is to feel loved and to be loved." The accompanying song Vitt picked was, "I'll remember you/Will you remember me? Don't let life go by in vain / - if not to remember a billion." This year's Pro World Champion Kurt. This year's Pro World Champion Kurt Browning and former Olympic Champion Scotty Hamilton are both known for their cheerfulness. Hamilton, both famous for their lively and cheerful style of American popular culture, remember Greene Cove's perpetual laugh the most. Browning said, "I always saw him laughing in the locker room. I always thought that one day I would have to ask what he was laughing at ......." For his part, Hamilton, who is closest to Gediva and Grecoff, said, "It's as if the purpose of my existence is to make Sergei laugh, and every day, any time he comes around, it's as if he's asking me, hey, is there more? ...... I would say the time I spent with Sergei was flawless." Both of them chose humorous and hilarious music and performances to dedicate to Glinkov: "I hope this will make you smile again tonight." Peternko and Oksana Baiul, who, like Glinkov, are world champions from Russia (Alexes note: that would be the former Soviet Union), both settled in the U.S. to train, perform, and compete, have had more to sink their teeth into than anyone else.Peternko said he's known Glinkov since he was 12 years old, and has remained good friends, and that Glinkov is the kind of person that if you're in trouble, he's always there to be a of a partner. Performing the role of a matador, he said, "Sergei, today I'm skating for you." Oksana Baiul, who famously won the hearts of audiences around the world with her elegant and fragile ballet style at the last Olympics, was particularly poignant on this night as she herself was orphaned at age 13, had been living with a coach, and won the Olympics at age 16. In a pre-conference interview, she said she didn't understand why God always takes the best people away. Sergei is the best person and, "I think Sergei will be my guardian angel." Her performance was religiously charged, drawing a cross to dance to the chant of the Virgin Mary and ending - in the only beam - with her arms outstretched and her head up. Paul. Wiley chose to soundtrack the movie "Apollo 13," which depicts space exploration, and also looks upward as he searches for spiritual ascension in the adventure of traveling the universe .......
The centerpiece of the commemoration is, of course, Gediva. It was her first time on the ice in the public eye since Glinkov's death. In an interview beforehand, she restrained her sombre recollections of the past and thanked friends and spectators, saying, "After Sergei's departure it was as if I opened my eyes for the first time and saw the world around me ...... Because before I only saw Sergei. ....... There will never be the same happiness again." To the music of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, she began her first solo skating performance of her life: music and movement took the place of expressing an emotional experience more powerful than words: loss, hurt, loneliness, and yet also bravery, and even more love - as she skated on one leg, with the other held back, arms raised behind her like flying swallows in a pose that would have been the famous overlapping flying swallows. At the end, the crowd rose long enough for Gediva to embrace her daughter, and Gediva took the microphone, conveying a deeper belief in love that she had come to realize after her loss: "Cherish love, express it more, just a few more words, every single day, it's that simple, just say it, just one more time, I love you."
Finally, all the stars came out en masse to accompany Gediva in another dance to Tchaikovsky's music. It was an evening that honored Glinkov's memory and felt for the perfection of his display: a celebration of a life, a celebration of the love of a life, a celebration of a soul that transcended the ordinary
Katia Gordeeva would later marry '98 Winter Olympics champion Ilia Kulik
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