Mario Lanza - Younger than Springtime - Gordeyeva and Grinkov

The golden voice of Mario Lanza combined with the exceptional ice skating of Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov produce a lovely listening and viewing treat.

Mario Lanza sings "Younger than Springtime" with such feeling and tenderness. His voice is considered the best of our generation by millions of fans around the world. May this video help introduce him to future generations.

The song "Younger than Springtime" is from the musical "South Pacific". The music was composed by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics were written by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov were actually skating to Sergei Rachmaninoff"s "Valise". They were in competition in Cleveland, Ohio for the 1994 North American Open, Pairs' Artistic Program in which they won first place.

"They won the 1985 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The following year they won the first of their four World Figure Skating Championships. They are one of the few pair teams to win back-to-back Junior and Senior World Championship titles. They successfully defended their World title in 1987 and then won gold at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada,[7] in spite of a nasty accident. In November 1987, Grinkov caught a blade on the ice during a practice session and dropped Gordeeva on her forehead.[8] She was hospitalized for a time, but they were still able to compete in, and win, the 1988 Winter Olympics which began the following February.[9] They remain the youngest pairs team ever to win Olympic Gold. After a fall in their long program, they took silver at the World Championships in 1988, but reclaimed the title in 1989 and 1990. They turned professional in the fall 1990, winning their first World Professional Championship in 1991. They also won that title in 1992 and 1994.

Gordeeva and Grinkov won almost every competition they entered. In the 31 competitions whose results are known at the senior and professional levels, they finished first 24 times, and never lower than second from the time they won their first senior world title. They are one of the few pair teams in history to successfully complete a quadruple twist lift in international competition." The above quote was taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_Gordeeva.

"Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov (February 4, 1967 -- November 20, 1995) was a Russian pair skater. Together with partner Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion." The above quote was taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Grinkov.

The video of them skating is from the YouTube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCz5EoV1AIY which was uploaded by 3Axel1996 on Dec 5, 2010. The host, 3Axel1996, found at http://www.youtube.com/user/3Axel1996 has innumerable uploads of such skating events. Please visit the site, it is quite wonderful. Special thanks to them for uploading so many wonderful skating competitions.

The audience applause video clip was taken from a video posted by 08bananapancakes at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1SwBwZF6t8.

It is my hope that Mario Lanza and Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov might be pleased with the result of combining their outstanding talents. May Mario Lanza and Sergei Grinkov rest in peace. They and Yekaterina Gordeeva were truly blessed with exceptional abilities.

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