Denis Ten: A life remembered

About this episode

Figure skater Denis Ten died suddenly on 19 July 2018. There was an immediate outpour of emotion after the skater was reportedly attacked and stabbed in Kazakhstan.

The Olympic Channel Podcast spoke to Olympic gold medallist Aljona Savchenko. She was friends with Ten and gives a moving a tribute.

Plus, we dug into our archives to find an interview with Denis Ten that we did before PyeongChang 2018.

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