Olympic ice dance champion Gorshkov dies at 76

FILE - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and President of the Russian figure skating federation Alexander Gorshkov, center, attend the pairs competition at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, April 27, 2011. Russian ice dancer Alexander Gorshkov has died at the age of 76, it was announced Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. He won the first Olympic ice dance gold medal for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Games and later became a leading official in Russian figure skating.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool, file)

FILE - Soviet ice dancers Lyudmilla Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov during compulsories of Olympic ice dance in Olympic Stadium, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 5, 1976. Russian ice dancer Alexander Gorshkov has died at the age of 76, it was announced Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. He won the first Olympic ice dance gold medal for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Games and later became a leading official in Russian figure skating. (AP Photo, file)