Skating across the ice dates back to early northern Europeans ... and Petra Burka from Canada (bronze). Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (from rival Soviet cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg) ...

"My sincere condolences to Oleg and all her fans, figure skating ... been serving - figure skating. Ludmila was an outstanding athlete and person." Belousova and Protopopov won Olympic gold ...