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1998 World Championships - ABC profile

ABC (Brent Musburger): The lived an earlier drama: the woman who nearly died on the ice and the man who helped her skate again. At the 1998 European Championships, they wrote a different tale: a story of victory.

Anton: It's very important for us because it's one of the greatest wins in my life.

ABC: Along with a place atop the European podium came Olympian expectations and self-doubt.

Anton: Everybody asked, "OK, guys. You must win. How are you?" (Elena laughs and says, "You must win."). And I said, "Yes, we must but maybe no." And you know, it's really, really hard.

ABC: Their Olympic experience was not equal to the expectations. Their rise had been meteoric hiding the fact that this is still a young pair.

Tamara: They will have to learn the experience. Competing, falling down, going up, and acquiring this experience that will make them great.

ABC: Greatness is not only something others expect from them, it is something they now expect of themselves.

Anton: And on the next Olympics, now I know how I can feel on the Olympics and nobody can touch me (Elena laughs) - nobody.