As with Katarina Witt's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" free program from the 1994 Olympic season, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov's "Moonlight Sonata" is another indelible skating memory from the Lillehammer Olympics. G&G had already won an Olympic gold in 1998 in Calgary at the tender ages of 16 and 21 but decided to reinstate into the amateur world for a chance to compete at one more Olympics in 1994 as a chance to skate as a married couple and to share their story with the world. In 1988, G&G had not been romantically involved but by 1994, they had married and had a young daughter, Daria. They skated to Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" to tell the story of their lives; to share with the world their love for each other, for their daughter, and for their love of skating together. The result was one of the most beautiful pairs programs that is a celebration of love and life.
The first video posted is G&G skating a perfect rendition of "Moonlight Sonata" at the 1994 European Championships in Copenhagen where they finished atop the podium.
The second video is of G&G skating at the 1994 Olympics. Their Olympic skate had a number of minor flaws, but still earned the pair their second Olympic gold medal.
Enjoy G&G's "Moonlight Sonata"!
"Moonlight Sonata" from the 1994 European Championships:
G&G's "Moonlight Sonata" from the 1994 Olympics:
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