23 years ago...

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Elizabeth
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23 years ago...

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It was 23 years ago today, while rehearsing for Stars on Ice in Lake Placid, NY that Sergei Grinkov (1967-1995) died suddenly on the ice. It is one of those deaths were people remember where they were/what they were doing when they heard the news.

Katia Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov returned to competition for the 1994 Olympic season with a memorable free program to "Moonlight Sonata" - I remember seeing them perform it here in Ottawa at the Skate Canada competition in the fall of 1993.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap_NVt21xg0
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That was sad, indeed. He was a wonderful skater and a great human being.
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