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This year’s event featured skaters of all ages, from the 7-year-old Annabelle Morozov to 2008 World Junior Champion Adam Rippon to Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov, Olympic gold medalists in 1964 and 1968. Harvard’s Figure Skating Club also skated a short segment...
...entirely student-organized event, raises money for the fight against childhood cancers. Proceeds go to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund. This year’s program featured 1994 Olympic gold medalist Oksana S. Baiul, 1964 and 1968 Olympic gold medalists Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov, as well as Harvard’s own skaters and rising stars in the sport. “Over the summer we come up with a dream list of skaters,” said event co-chair Elena I. Squarrell ’07. “We try to come...
...favorites Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov, ages 72 and 68, respectively, skated to Nat King Cole’s hit “When I Fall in Love.” The pair won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games and is famous for inventing pairs figure skating moves such as the death spiral, in which the woman glides on one foot almost horizontal to the ice as the man spins...
Despite their age, the Protopopovs still train for up to seven hours a day. They skated in their 14th performance at Evening with Champions last weekend. “We come here to make a difference. We want all kids to be healthy,” said Ludmilla Protopopov...
...rest of the two-hour show was a parade of sequins and flashy costumes, featuring a range of performers that included nine-year-old local Diandra Burke and Oleg and Ludmilla Protopopov, who won Olympic gold medals in 1964 and 1968 and who have been skating together for over 50 years...