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Olympic Champion Oksana Baiul Reveals Controversial Offer from Russia in 2006: ‘I Refused Money in an Envelope’

“In 2006, I was offered to work with Russia, but I refused because I wasn’t happy with everything at all. Here we are [российским фигуристом] Ilyukha Averbukh went on tour, and they gave me money in an envelope. I said: “Guys, how do I get through customs?” she said. “I’m not a man who stuffs dollars into his stockings and goes through customs.”

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Baiul was born in 1977 in Dnepropetrovsk (now Dnepr). In 1994, at the age of 16, she won the Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. After that she moved to USA. After leaving sports, she went into business.

Baiul gave birth to her daughter in 2015. The athlete’s father is businessman Carlo Farino.

2024-10-01 05:17:00

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