Of all the Olympic sports, figure skating is one of the most beautiful and expressive. Although it is extremely difficult to master the technical steps required in a program, the dancers make it look effortless as they drift across the ice. The best very skaters don’t just master the jumps, spins and tricks.
Instead, they also learn to truly express the emotion of the songs they perform to. If you want to meet someone who is the embodiment of skating meet Veronika Zhilina. Veronika is a Russian figure skater whose gorgeous performance to Alexandra Burke’s rendition of Hallelujah has gone viral.
It is one of the most emotional and touching performances you will ever watch, and it’s even more amazing because she was only ten years old at the time.
Veronika Vladislavovna Zhilina was born on the 15th of May 2008 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. She is already a successful skater but admittedly she did start young. Her mother Ludmilla started teaching her to skate when she was only three years old.