I am secretly being touched by this love story. Ekaterina Gordeeva was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, and grew up on the ice. From the time she was four years old to this day, she has been figure skating. At just eleven years old, Gordeeva was paired with fifteen-year-old Sergei Grinkov. Together they will have become one of the most talented pairs skaters in history. The contributions to figure skating demonstrated by the career of Ekaterina Gordeeva prove beyond a doubt that the Figure Skating Hall