Russian skating pair shows Bollywood choreographers how to dance

Step aside Deepika, there's a new couple who's grooving to 'Nagada Sang Dhol'

Russian figure skating pair Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, set the ice rink on fire as they swayed, twirled and did the arabesque to Bollywood tunes at the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships in Slovakia.

The couple took audiences by surprise when they selected Deepika Padukone's famous dance number Nagada Sang Dhol, from her hit film Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela, for the competition held from January 25 - 31, reports Scroll.in.

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The two-time Olympic champions wowed everyone as they performed effortlessly to the tunes of the 2013 Hindi song. Even the judges were impressed with the duo's spell-binding performance.

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Tatiana looked the part wearing an embellished green choli with a chiffon dupatta and high skirt, along with kundan earrings, teeka, necklace and matching bangles.

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People immediately took to Twitter to express their sentiments:

Wow, very impressed by the American figure skating couple performing a 'Bollywood' routine. Can't say much about the Russian..

— Corinne Hundleby (@core75) February 22, 2010

Never thought `Dhole Baje' could make it to figure ice skating ... https://t.co/MYCzJPH4CI

— Manu Pubby (@manupubby) January 31, 2016

https://twitter.com/amatsuki/status/665648173696729089
https://twitter.com/sarvatragam/status/693802551334940673

The pair managed to secure the highest scores and bagged gold medals for their power-packed act.

Watch their dance here:




The dynamic pair are also World champions, two-time World silver medalists, four-time European champions, Grand Prix Final champions and three-time Russian national champions.

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