DIVORCE, SKATING STYLE part #2

New Divorce in Figure Skating: Tatiana Navka and Alex Zhulin are splitting up.

Translation of an article printed in the Russian Language publication “Top News” on November 14, 2007

One of the most well known pairs in figure skating decided to split up. The reason for the divorce was a romance that happened between Navka and her partner in the show “Stars on Ice,” Marat Basharov.

Following the divorce of Averbuch and Lobacheva, the other famous couple of figure skating decided to call it quits.

Navka and Zhulin met 14 years ago. In 1993, they started a heated romance. At that time, Alex was married to another figure skater, Maja Usova. In 2000, Tatiana told Alex that she was pregnant with his child. From that time on they decided to stay together. The same year Alex divorced Usova and married Navka. A few months after the wedding, their daughter Alexandra was born.

Maja Usova could not forgive her partner and refused to skate with him. He had to find a new partner.

It has been said that after the completion of the show “Stars on Ice,” Navka had a romance with her partner at that show – Marat Basharov. This news was a shock to her husband. The relationship between Navka and Basharov continued for several months and finally, being tired of the gossip, Alex decided to leave Navka. He thought of doing it sooner, but wanted to try to save the marriage for the sake of their daughter.

As of this time, they are not divorced yet, but separated. When asked to comment on the situation, Tatiana said that she was not ready to talk about it.