MOSCOW, 26 Jan. The winner of the Universiade 2019 in ice dancing, ex-figure skater Betina Popova announced her separation from her husband Denis Khodykin, who competes in pairs with Daria Pavlyuchenko. Popova, who competed with partner Sergey Mozgov in ice dancing, ended her career in 2020 year. In August of the same year, she married Khodykin. Popova works as a choreographer, according to her, despite the separation from her husband, she continues to put on programs for him and Pavlyuchenko. «I didn’t celebrate the New Year at all. I went to bed at eight in the evening on the 31st and woke up on January 1, having had enough sleep, satisfied. Perfectly simple. I have there were many companies of skaters who wanted to hang out, and they called me. But somehow there was no mood, — eurosport.ru quotes Popova. — We did not celebrate the New Year together (with my husband). He was just hanging out. We broke up. Even before the Grand Prix in Russia. A few months ago. We continue to work together, I continue to train them, we continue to communicate closely. But this is how it happened.»
