Friday, June 21, 2013

Ekaterina Gordeeva 1996 Celebration of Life

Remembering 
Ekaterina Gordeeva eloquent and heartbreaking solo
in 1996 Celebration of Life for her Sergie Grinkov. 




On November 20, 1995 Grinkov collapsed and died from a massive heart attack in Lake Placid, New York, while he and Gordeeva were practicing for the upcoming 1995–1996 Stars on Ice tour.[7] Doctors found that Grinkov had severely clogged coronary arteries (to the point where his arterial opening was reportedly the size of a pinhole), which caused the heart attack; later testing revealed that he also had a genetic risk factor linked with premature heart attacks. The risk factor is called the PLA-2 variant and is also known as the "Grinkov Risk Factor".[8]Grinkov was 28 years old. His wife was 24 and their daughter was 3 years old.
Source: Wikipedia

Thank youQuadSurya on youtube for this embedded video.

2 comments:

Skating Fan said...

Absolutely beautiful. Heart wrenching. Thank you for this.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the visit and comment, I'm very glad you liked it, Skating fan.