Behind-the-scenes stories about the figure skaters who conquered the world.
Sport may be the most merciless game humanity has ever played. Want to learn more about its cruelty? Welcome to the most tender and lace-like form of it—women’s singles skating. Olympic champion and sports journalist with thirty years of experience Elena Vaitsekhovskaya tells about the most outstanding figure skaters of the past decade, the price they have to pay for success, and why dazzling careers turn out to be the shortest-lived.