Editing Elena Berezhnaya (section)

== Post-competitive career ==
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In May 2003, Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze confirmed they had retired from competitive skating.<ref name=pro/> From 2002 to 2006, they toured with [[Stars on Ice]], then returned to Russia. Although taking time off to have two children, Berezhnaya made occasional appearances in Russian ice productions. In 2006, Berezhnaya teamed with the actor Aleksandr Nosik for the [[Channel One (Russia)]] ice show ''Stars on Ice'' (Russian: [[:ru:Звёзды на льду|Звёзды на льду]]). In 2008, she was paired with the pop star [[Dima Bilan]] for the [[Russia 1]] series ''[[Dancing on Ice around the world|Star Ice]]'' (Звёздный лёд). In 2009, she skated with the comedian [[Mikhail Galustyan]] in the Channel One series ''[[Ice Age (TV program)|Ice Age 3]]''. She also skated with former training mate [[John Zimmerman (figure skater)|John Zimmerman]] in the ''Kings on Ice'' (Короли льда) show in 2009, and with [[Jérôme Blanchard]] in ''Ice Heart'' (Ледяное сердце). In 2010, she joined another edition of ''Ice Age'', teaming up with Igor Ugolnikov.

Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze skated together at a ''City Lights''-themed ice show in Moscow from 14 to 17 October 2010.<ref name=absknov2010/> In late 2010 and early 2011, Berezhnaya played the White Queen in an ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' ice show in St. Petersburg and Moscow, alongside [[Alexei Yagudin]] and [[Tatiana Totmianina]]/[[Maxim Marinin]].<ref name=20oct2010/><ref name=wonderland/> In autumn 2011, Berezhnaya participated in the [[Battle of the Blades (season 3)|third season]] of the Canadian reality program ''[[Battle of the Blades]]'', partnered with former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player [[Curtis Leschyshyn]]. In November 2011, she announced her retirement from performing.<ref name=retired/> Berezhnaya coaches at the Yubileyny rink in Saint Petersburg.

In September 2021 [[Netflix]] premiered docuseries Bad Sport that includes an episode ("Gold War") detailing the events of the [[2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal]].