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Grinkov Mourned by Hundreds at Moscow Rink
Olympic skating star Sergei Grinkov, 28, died of a heart attack in the United States. Thousands attended a candlelight service and burial at Vagankovskoye cemetery in Moscow after a memorial at the Central Army skating rink. His wife Ekaterina Gordeeva and fellow skaters, including Scott Hamilton and Viktor Petrenko, paid tribute as mourners laid flowers and paused at the open coffin. Grinkov and Gordeeva won two Olympic golds and four world titles, shaping a famed partnership noted for powerful lifts. Grinkov leaves daughter Daria and survivors in Tampa and Simsbury.
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