Crazy Lifts and High-Flying Stunts on 'Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular' (VIDEO)
Here's something you won't see on 'Skating With the Stars.' For the holiday weekend, 'Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular' (Sun., 4PM on NBC) offered some truly awe-inspiring and breathtaking ice skating. These are stunts and moves you won't generally see even in Olympic or competitive skating.Removing the requirements of the competitive aspect, professional skaters Andrei Khvalko and Elena Leonova put on a show of epic proportions. Khvalko was so strong and impressive, while Leonova spent almost as much time with her feet in the air as she did on the ice.
At several points during the routine, the pair were near disaster. Leonova particularly came so close to several concussions throughout, which added to the breathtaking part as we gasped in anticipation/fear that she would come off the ice on a stretcher.
Instead, the pair were poised and so beautifully confident that we were left with our jaws on the ground. It was a routine that could make even the staunchest anti-skating advocates reconsider their stance, and a true holiday spectacle.
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