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Death on Ice: The Tragedy of the USSR's Most Beautiful Figure Skater Ekaterina Gordeeva
— I was about 10 years old then. Before that, we trained together as a group on the same rink, but we didn’t know each other. Serezha wanted to compete in singles skating. He wasn’t interested in partners, but the CSKA coach Vladimir Viktorovich Zakharov decided to pair us,” Ekaterina admitted to journalists. — What did Serezha look like? An ordinary boy, very short compared to me. But although he was four years older than me, he never ignored me. When I made a mistake or something went wrong on the ice, he didn’t get angry or scold me, but simply said: “Sit down and rest. Then it will be resolved.” He treated me very attentively. It was very pleasant to train and perform with him.
"I'm in love, but I'm afraid to admit it"
"Of course, Mom and Dad were always there. When they realized that I was becoming insensitive, they took Dasha away." Ekaterina was recognized on air along with Nadezhda Strelets. - I had to tell Dasha. I remember how my teacher helped me a lot since kindergarten. She said: Tell it like it is, and don't do this. Dad is here and is returning from a business trip. Be precise. My father died of heart problems.
- Of course, time heals. Liza and I also talked about this today. She says: "Everything. Everything disappears." Well, everything passes and everything seems to fall into place. Sometimes it seems that someone else knows everything about what and how will happen to you," Gordeeva admits.
At first glance, Ekaterina Gordeeva's life has followed a familiar course: home, family, career, favorite hobby and everything connected with it. But behind her beautiful appearance, there is still the pain of losing a loved one and a reliable partner. The woman, who remembers Sergey Grinkov, continues to blame herself for what happened. She believes that she "surpassed" her beloved in her desire for new achievements. Even when Grinkov complained of back pain in the last years of his life, the couple did not give up training completely, and Ekaterina made Sergey continue skating.
— I liked figure skating more. And I always wanted to perform. "I had a very strong sense of responsibility," the skater admitted. "And he was a very talented person." He didn't have to work hard to do everything the way he wanted. I probably thought I had surpassed him with my damn skating skills.