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Yelena Sokolova has spent almost her entire life at Sambo 70.
She grows up beneath fluorescent rink lights, learns mathematics between training sessions, carries a notebook filled with stories only she can hear in music, and slowly becomes the kind of skater who makes people forget to breathe.
Around her, friendships form, champions rise and fall, teammates leave, rivals emerge, and the pressure of the Olympic cycle quietly closes in.
But before the medals...
Before the headlines...
Before the world knows her name...
There was simply a little girl who fell in love with the sound of blades across fresh ice.
‼️This is an Eteri mentor fic she is not a love interest‼️
Disclaimer: This fic portrays real figure skaters as fictional characters. I don't know them and the events, emotions, and relationships depicted here are entirely imagined. Nothing here should be taken as a statement about their real lives.