Renowned for his elegance on the ice and his electric partnership with his wife, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater Sergei Grinkov’s life was heartbreakingly cut short at the peak of his career ...

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 ...

(CNN) -- In 1995, Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva lost her figure skating partner and husband, Sergei Grinkov, when he died of a heart attack. Ten years later, the athlete still finds comfort ...

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So frequently do Russian figure skaters marry their partners that one might wonder whether matrimony is prescribed in a training manual. Nearly as frequently, they divorce. But sometimes, mutual ...