Post by lapayin on Nov 13, 2007 19:45:10 GMT -5
For anyone who is interested, on Youtube, "ryangie1" put together a really nice video tribute to Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov ice skating to Lara and Josh's "For Always". What a perfect song for this video.
For those who do not know, Ekaterina and Sergei were, IMO, the best pair ice skaters of all time. Their story was a wonderful and sad love story. They were paired in Russia when Katia was 10 years old and Sergei was 14. After many junior awards and world championships they went on to win the Olympic gold in 1988 at the Calgery Canada Olympics. They became professional and toured. They fell in love and were married in 1991. Soon after, in 1992 they had a daughter Daria. In 1994 they went on to win their second Olympic gold in Lillehammer Norway and then returned to the professional tours.
During a rehearsal, in Lake Placid New York in 1995, while lifting Katia, Sergei collapsed and died, at the age of 28, of a massive heart attack.
The person who put together the video did a great job of having the skating match Lara and Josh's singing. I found this tribute to be very touching.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2iqUBlBUHs
For those who do not know, Ekaterina and Sergei were, IMO, the best pair ice skaters of all time. Their story was a wonderful and sad love story. They were paired in Russia when Katia was 10 years old and Sergei was 14. After many junior awards and world championships they went on to win the Olympic gold in 1988 at the Calgery Canada Olympics. They became professional and toured. They fell in love and were married in 1991. Soon after, in 1992 they had a daughter Daria. In 1994 they went on to win their second Olympic gold in Lillehammer Norway and then returned to the professional tours.
During a rehearsal, in Lake Placid New York in 1995, while lifting Katia, Sergei collapsed and died, at the age of 28, of a massive heart attack.
The person who put together the video did a great job of having the skating match Lara and Josh's singing. I found this tribute to be very touching.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2iqUBlBUHs
