ScreamingMeemie
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Sat Feb-11-06 04:46 PM
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Sergei Grinkov RIP...remember him? |
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Since we're on figure skating here in the lounge. I remember feeling so very sad for Ekaterina Gordeeva... they were beautiful to watch and that was such a shock. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/memories/1995/95pass1.htm
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Sat Feb-11-06 04:48 PM
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Sat Feb-11-06 04:50 PM
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2. I read the book she wrote |
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My Sergei, what a beautiful story and such a loss to the skating world. They were the most beautiful pair, on and off the ice.
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Sat Feb-11-06 04:56 PM
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3. I read that book too...and it made me really sad. She is a tough |
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Sat Feb-11-06 05:12 PM
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4. Wow, it's over ten years already |
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a tragic ending that came way too soon. Very sad.
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Sat Feb-11-06 05:24 PM
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5. I was really surprised when I realized it was that long. |
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Some things seem like yesterday to me. :hi:
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Sat Feb-11-06 06:04 PM
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Ekaterina has always seemed so fragile. Heartbreaking.
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Sat Feb-11-06 06:15 PM
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7. that was really shocking |
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they were very beautiful together. and he was much too young.
it's weird. i totally forgot about them until just now seeing this post even though the subject of ice skating came up many times. and they were really big.
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Sat Feb-11-06 06:41 PM
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8. Does anyone know if Katerina and Ilya Kulik are still together? |
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I thought it was nice that she found someone who could join her on the ice, but it's been a while since I heard anything about her.
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Sat Feb-11-06 07:26 PM
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10. I believe they are still together and that they have a child as well. |
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He is very protective of their privacy, so it's hard to find information on the two of them.
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Sun Feb-12-06 08:25 AM
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13. Yes. They were married and they had a child in 2001 I think. |
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Sun Feb-12-06 09:57 AM
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20. Daria is a teenager now... omg |
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I saw a picture of her and her mother recently... I'm getting old.
I was at the Y working out when it came on TV that he had died.
Remember when she skated for the first time without him??? I so cried!!!
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Sun Feb-12-06 09:58 AM
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21. When she did that memorial, I was sobbing. |
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Because she skated like she had a partner and seemed so lost. And then when she tried a solo career. :cry:
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Sun Feb-12-06 10:19 AM
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25. I know! Everyone I know who saw it sobbed.... |
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Sat Feb-11-06 07:04 PM
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9. They were my favorite pair besides Tai and Randy |
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isn't it funny that tonight brings back these memories?
Weren't they a truly beautiful couple? I was tremendously sad for her when he died so young.
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Sun Feb-12-06 08:26 AM
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14. They were mine too. I was just stunned and saddened. And then |
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she had the tribute show...where she skated alone but acted as if she had a partner, and my heart just broke for her.
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Sat Feb-11-06 07:28 PM
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11. He died at 28 - November, 1995. |
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Gawds, they were beautiful together. His death really threw a monkey wrench into my faith, believe it or not. How does one just drop dead at 28?
Thank you for the reminder of their beauty and passion, both on and off the ice. :)
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Sun Feb-12-06 08:26 AM
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15. It was crazy to see someone so healthy just go like that. |
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They really were something special.
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Sat Feb-11-06 08:30 PM
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I can't get my head around the thought of beind widowed at 24.
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Sun Feb-12-06 08:28 AM
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16. Me either. I don't know how wives and mothers find that kind of strength |
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to move on. The woman across the street from us had five small children when her husband died. She was 29. This was 40 years ago...and I still don't know how she did it. Her boys adore her.
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Sun Feb-12-06 09:17 AM
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And I remember the shock at his death... someone so young and so healthy. Very sad :(
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Sun Feb-12-06 09:55 AM
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18. I've had the lust for Katya for years |
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Sun Feb-12-06 09:56 AM
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19. They were so good out there on the ice...and I used to love watching |
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them wait for their scores. :(
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Sun Feb-12-06 10:00 AM
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22. They always seemed like nice people -- and she still does |
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Sun Feb-12-06 10:02 AM
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23. I know she raised a lot of money for a children's hospital in *I think* |
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Tenessee and they put in a beautiful memorial garden for him. She really does seem like a nice person.
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Sun Feb-12-06 10:18 AM
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24. And, excuse my shallowness, but her smile melts me |
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I got to see her skate once at Stars on Ice.
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