Rivals on Thin Ice

Once the renowned "Ice Queen", former singles figure skating champion Aurora Sterling was framed and banned by her ex-partner Natasha at the peak of her career, falling from grace and becoming a disgraced outcast. Lina, who used to be Aurora's practice partner and always regarded her as her strongest rival, reunited with Aurora in the abandoned old rink when Aurora was at her lowest. The two were arranged by legendary coach Dmitri to pair up for the newly established women's pairs event launched by the ISU. These natural rivals gradually turned their intense mutual hostility into utmost trust and love, as they supported each other through all the schemes from Natasha, suppression from corrupt officials, injuries and online harassment. They cleared all stages from the National Championship to the Olympic short program. Even when Aurora's old injury flared up unexpectedly during the Olympic free skate, they performed an improvised "Phoenix Reborn" routine, scored a record-breaking high, won the first ever Olympic gold medal for women's pairs, exposed all Natasha's crimes and publicly announced their romantic relationship. After the Games, they founded a women's pairs skating academy to nurture new generations of skaters, and successfully defended their world championship title a year later as founders of the event, completely rewriting the history of the sport.