The popularity of figure skating in our country was and remains phenomenally huge. Fantastic glory came to our skaters in the early 60s of the last century, when the stars of two outstanding representatives of Soviet paired skiing rose on world skating rinks: Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova. And then the triumphal procession began on the planet of our star couples: Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev, Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov, Irina Moiseeva and Andrey Minenkov. When these couples went out onto the ice, millions of people around the world clung to the TVs in anticipation of a unique spectacle. Their expectations were always justified, the first tactes of melodies could hardly sound. The performances of our skaters under the perky “kalinka” or the graceful “Kumpersita” forced the audience to roar with delight, and the judges to arrange the highest marks. About how it happened, who forged the glory of domestic figure skating in the “golden” 60s – 80s of the twentieth century – is described in this book.
Author
Razzakov Fedor Ibatovich
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Genre
Athletes
16+
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