Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 56 minutes ago
Uploading to celebrate what would have been Ondrej's 68th birthday today (22/01/19). Here he is in Zurich in 1971 winning his third European title.
The commentator is Dr Eva Pawlik, the 1949 European Champion.
Uploading to celebrate what would have been Ondrej's 68th birthday today (22/01/19). Here he is in Zurich in 1971 winning his third European title.
The commentator is Dr Eva Pawlik, the 1949 European Champion.
![Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai - 1977 World Championship FS [QUAD TWIST]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oIFz7aN2H6s/mqdefault.jpg "Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai - 1977 World Championship FS [QUAD TWIST]
This has only previously been shared previously as a partial recording, so here is the complete programme including the first ever quad twist completed at a world championships. Their debut was controversial due to the profound size differene between the two and they quickly became known as a one-and-a-half pair. Their coach Stanislav Zhuk continued to pair tiny girls with fully grown men with considerable success paving teh way for the most famous of the one-and-a-half pairs, at least in their earliest days, Gordeeva & Grinkov.")
