Protopopovs

[miraclegro]

I posted a question - or questions on the other forum, but no one responded.:cry:

Can someone please read it and tell me a few things about this amazing couple? Thanks!

[Team Arthritis]

The short of it is that when I was a child, the Protopopovs were a resurgent Russian pairs team that fell in love and got married and then defected to Switzerland. They were older than most world level competitors but performed so elegantly that they held world rankings for decades. They also invented many of the pairs moves and lifts used today. They are in their 70's and still skate and at times perform in the US, I think at Lake placid. There are many articles about them, eg, http://www.figureskatingmystery.com/2005/03/belousova-protopopov.html
they are still larger than life IMHOhttp://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/cool0010.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com)http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/cool0012.gif (http://www.thesmilies.com)
Lyle

[miraclegro]

I read the article this week that was huge. I realize their age, but i just wondered where to catch them performing.

Also, it said that she is 100 lbs today, but i wondered how tall she is to be so small.