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JAPANESE AND SOVIET BONDS STRENGTHENING THROUGH SPORT?
March 1959 - FIGURE SKATING WORLD CHAMPION Viktor NIKIFOROV from the U.S.S.R. completed his short program yesterday with a very good score of 92.2. After the program, the Soviet skater was assisted in taking on his skate guards by the Japanese skater Yuuri KATSUKI before the latter stepped onto the ice for his program. They were seen sharing a handshake in the great spirit of sportsmanship that signify the World Championships in Colorado Springs. more on page 8. →
________________In a time when homosexuality was considered a disease, and illegal in many places, Yuuri and Viktor fall in love. It doesn’t help that Viktor is from Soviet Russia, with their communist regime, and Yuuri is from a society where old traditions must find a way to thrive in the modern world.
