

But to the outside world they were the spoilt children of fate: success, fame, adorable little daughter, home - the full plate, love.

Of course, they had problems and troubles on the inside. They had their small separate island of absolute happiness. Sergei and Katia were everything for each other. Even after I made a light comment: "How come living in America you still have not learnt the language?" - he said very seriously: "I have Katyusha and she talks in English very well. In response to all of my questions about their return to the amateur sport and upcoming Olympics, Sergei again and again changed the topic and talked about his wife. But only Sergei came for the interview: Katia stayed at home with little Dasha.

I remember less than a year before the Olympics we decided to meet while the figure skaters came to Moscow as usual for a very short time. In Lake Placid, Gordeeva and Grinkov prepared for the Stars on Ice tour, which they left for the amateur sport two years ago and where they returned after becoming Olympic champions in Lillehammer. Sergei's last words, heard only by Katia who fell with him on the ice from the unfinished lift, were: "I feel bad." Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov: Twosome
