what is harley and katya about

"Harley & Katya" is a feature-length documentary that explores the high-flying figure skating partnership of Australian Harley Windsor and Russian-born Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya. The documentary follows the career of the pair from its promising beginning to a devastating end. The duo competed for Australia between 2015 and 2020, with the early years proving particularly fruitful, including bagging a gold at the Junior World Championships in 2017 which teed them up to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics. However, the pressure became unbearable, with injury troubles, health issues, and coaching changes bringing a heart-breaking end to their glowing skating career together. The documentary details Alexandrovskayas downward spiral into heavy drinking, which seriously impacted her health. In early 2020, she sought treatment for epilepsy, which prompted her to dissolve her partnership with Harley and bow out from figure skating just a month later. Not even five months after retiring, Alexandrovskaya took her own life at her Moscow home at the age of just 20, leaving behind a note in Russian that said, “Lyublyu,” which translates to “love” . The documentary has been praised for its unflinching honesty and sensitive handling of a heart-breaking tale.