From Rooty Hill and Moscow to the Winter Olympics, Harley and Katya made their mark in figure skating — but then it all fell apart

Before Harley Windsor and Katya Alexandrovskaya, most Australians' go-to memory of an Aussie on ice-skates was Steven Bradbury's incredible last-to-first gold medal in speed skating at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

There was plenty of hard work in that story — and plenty of good luck too.

In many ways, however, the combination of Harley and Katya in pairs figure skating for Australia was an even more unlikely tale.