Tragic news in the world of figure skating.
Olympic medalist Denis Ten was murdered during a robbery in Kazakhstan. He was 25 years old.
RT reports the skater interrupted two men attempting to steal the mirrors from his car and was stabbed and left for dead.
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He was found on the street and rushed to the hospital, but it was too late — he died after emergency surgery.
The International Skating Union and Olympic committee shared their condolences on Twitter, writing:
We leave you with Denis’ bronze-winning routine from Sochi 2014…
Gone too soon.
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