1990 GWG Pairs | "Feline" Bechke-Petrov approved, Soviets 1-2-3

Australian/American coverage (commentators: Peter Carruthers)
shout out to The Runthrough podcast and its lore series & Kirsten Moore-Towers bringing to my attention, Bechke-Petrov's "downright questionable... and infamous" 'Dialogue of Cats' program (lol).
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1990 Goodwill Games (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A)
Pairs Original (Technical/Short) program performances - top 4 (of 8 teams):
Rank Name Nation TP* FS TFP
1 Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov Soviet Union 1* 1 1.5 ("Mambo No.5")
2 Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev Soviet Union 2* 2 3.0 ("The Swan")
3 Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov Soviet Union 3* 3 4.5 ("Dialogue of Cats"/Duetto buffo di due gatti)
4 Natasha Kuchiki / Todd Sand United States 4* 4 6.0 ("Grieg's Piano Concerto, jazz")
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[United Press extract] Aug. 3, 1990 - Goodwill Games Notebook
... Their costumes were loud -- fake leopard with tennis ball-green trim -- and the music decidedly odd for a figure skating competition -- two operatic sopranos literally meowing their way through Rossini's 'Comic Duet For Two Cats.'
But from those odd choices, Soviet pair Elena Bechke and Denis Petrov put together one of the most popular programs skated at the Tacoma Dome Thursday night.
Bechke and Petrov were decidedly feline in all of their choreography -- their routine could easily fit into the Broadway show 'Cats' -- and the judges and the sellout crowd were equally approving. They were scored third best in the event, which counts one third of the pairs' final score, behind two other Soviet teams, four-time world champions Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov and 1990 world bronze medalists Natalia Mishkutienok and Artur Dmitriev.
#figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique
thanks to Kim!