The British ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean received a warm welcome in their back to Sarajevo to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his extraordinary performance at the Winter Olympics where they won at gold medal in dance.
Torvill and Dean will skate together this Wednesday night in an event to celebrate their breakthrough performance on February 14, 1984 at the Olympics. The anniversary is “a very special occasion,” Torvill said. Shortly before their performance in Sarajevo, Torvill and Dean announced that they would stop performing together next year after the final British tour.
“Sarajevo has become a part of our lives,” Dean said. “Who would have told us 40 years ago that we are here again today to celebrate that event from four decades ago, but with great memories and with the spirit of the Olympic Games and the warmth of all the people. And doing We feel that again today, 40 years later.
Their performance will open a figure skating competition that will be held to mark the anniversary. Skating to the sound of Ravel’s ‘Bolero’, Torvill and Dean won the gold medal in 1984 in a romantic and expressive routine that ended with them lying on the ice in a dramatic final pose. The British couple broke new ground in ice dancing, moving away from the sport’s ballroom origins and the ballet-influenced style of the then-dominant Soviet Union.
They won gold with a record 12 perfect scores of 6.0 from the judges, including perfect scores from all nine judges in fine art impression. “Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Jayne and I always say to each other: ‘Happy Bolero Day,’ because that’s the day we won gold at the Olympic Games and thanks to ‘Bolero’ and that work that gave to us like this. long life”Dean’s statement.
“Since then, we’ve skated around the world performing ‘Bolero’ many times and everyone comes up to us and says, ‘I remember where I was when I saw your Bolero in Sarajevo,’ so we’ll always be in our skating here. city. of Bosnia”.
The British were the first non-Soviet couple to win Olympic gold in ice dancing. After taking a break from competition, then a strictly amateur sport, to devote themselves to skating professionally, Torvill and Dean also they hung the brass in 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer (Norway).
Source: La Verdad
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