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A famous figure skating family from Russia has a new edge on the competition: they’re now American citizens. The Makarov family — Olympic bronze medalists Oleg and Lorisa, and their top-ranked ...
Makarov and his wife began skating together in the Soviet Union when they were 14. They won bronze medals in pairs skating at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
When Russian figure skaters Oleg Makarov and Larisa Selezneva moved to America, all they knew about the United States was what government propagandists had tried to portray through so many years ...
As they became U.S. citizens on Friday, two former Russian bronze medalists and their Olympian daughter said they believe politics should stay out of sports, especially in the Olympic Games.
NEWBURGH — In 1978, Oleg Makarov and Larisa Selezneva were teens in the Soviet Union when their figure skating coach declared they would be partners.
Olympic figure skater Oleg Protopopov has died at the age of 91. He and his wife, Ludmila Belousova, broke records for their international success as a pair.
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Jacob Sanchez's senior figure skating nationals debut comes after breakout junior season - MSNAt the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club, he has been coached for the last decade by Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, the 1984 Olympic pairs' bronze medalists from Russia.
Oleg Protopopov, a Russian figure skater who, with his wife and skating partner, pioneered a balletic style, created variations of the “death spiral” spin and won two Olympic gold medals and ...
Oleg Protopopov, who has died aged 91, was a Russian skater who, with his wife Ludmila Belousova, dominated pairs competition in the 1960s, winning Olympic golds for the Soviet Union at Innsbruck ...
At the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club, he has been coached for the last decade by Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov, the 1984 Olympic pairs’ bronze medalists from Russia. “We took him from learn to ...
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