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MOSCOW -- An Olympic ice-dancing gold medalist and her dancing partner have caused controversy by dressing up in concentration camp uniforms for a routine on a popular television show.Tatiana Navka, who is the wife of Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, and partner Andrei Burkovsky appeared in Saturdays episode of Ice Age dressed in striped uniforms bearing yellow six-pointed stars and heavily made-up to look bruised and frail.Their routine, which aired on state-owned Channel One, was based on Life is Beautiful, the Academy Award-winning Italian movie about a Jewish father who pretends for the sake of his small son that their internment in a Nazi camp is just a game.Navkas Instagram account soon was flooded with indignant comments.Navka, 41, who won gold in ice dancing for Russia at the 2006 Turin Olympics, and Burkovsky, a 33-year-old theater actor, told Russian media on Sunday that it was their way of paying homage to Holocaust victims.Their dance sparked outrage in Israel.Motifs from the Holocaust are not for parties, not for dance and not for reality (TV), Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev told Israeli Army Radio on Sunday.Not one of the 6 million danced and a concentration camp is not a summer camp, Regev added, referring to the number of Jewish dead.Other people in Israel were not as categorical.You have to keep in mind that this is being done on Russian television, said Efraim Zuroff, director of the Israel office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center who described the performance as quite kitschy but added that in the Soviet Union media and officials did not dwell on the Holocaust so any discussion of it Russia should be welcomed.So, in that respect, this performance was actually a refreshing change and a different way of looking at the Holocaust. Thats why it had some value.Peskov told reporters on Monday that his wifes dance routine is not something for the Kremlin to comment on, but said: Im proud of my wife. This is all I can say.While some Russians were indignant at what some saw as mockery of the memory of the dead, others posted messages of support on Navkas Instagram account, saying that the dance brought tears to their eyes.The routine was choreographed by 2002 Olympic silver medalist Ilya Averbukh, who is Jewish.Averbukh, who said in a 2012 interview that he had problems in his childhood because of his Jewish name, stood by the Holocaust-themed dance.This routine is my idea, Averbukh, who is also Ice Ages chief producer, told Komsomolskaya Pravda on Sunday. I have done a lot of routines on the war and Jewish themes.Senior Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have honored Holocaust victims and have spoken out against attempts to justify the crimes of Nazis or their allies.Holocaust-themed routines arent new to sports.In 1996, Frances synchronized swimming team had to scrap its program, which depicted the arrival of Jewish women in death camps and their final march to the gas chambers, following an intervention by the French sports minister. The routine was also based on a movie and set to music from Steven Spielbergs Schindlers List.---Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem contributed to this report. Stan Smith Shoes Ireland . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Cheap Stan Smith Ireland . "Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. http://www.wholesalestansmithireland.com/ .Y. -- Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo had little trouble picking up his first shutout of the season against a Buffalo Sabres team thats having trouble scoring goals. Adidas Stan Smith Ireland . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. Stan Smith Sneakers Wholesale . The 19-year-old Olsen played 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL this season. In that time, hes recorded 17 goals and 17 assists with 36 penalty minutes. BASEL, Switzerland -- Kei Nishikori saved a match point with a perfect top-spin lob and fought back to beat Gilles Muller 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday.The No. 5-ranked Japanese faced an upset loss to the 37th-ranked left-hander from Luxembourg when trailing 4-5, 30-40 in the second set.Nishikori went behind the baseline to retrieve Mullers backhand volley approach shot and lifted a forehand lob.My arm was shaking, it was match point for him, said Nishikori, who saved a second match point soon after.ddddddddddddThe third-seeded Nishikori dominated the second-set tiebreaker and completed the win in 2 hours, 15 minutes.Nishikori, who lost the 2011 Basel title match to Roger Federer, will play fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia or unseeded Mischa Zverev of Germany on Sunday. ' ' '