But of course!
Long ago, Princess Elena I of Mordavia arranged-married to Prince Nikita I of Crazytown. Indifferent to this arrangement, Elena obliged, only to be devastated when Nikita ran off in the middle of the night. The seething princess ordered a full-scale manhunt for the backstabbing nutjob, but in the peasants' crazed search for the one who had so wounded their beloved princess, the wrong man was convicted. Some random guy named Ruslan was arrested in Nikita's place by somebody who had no idea what Nikita actually looked like. In return for his freedom, he gave the princess an ancient pendant that had been in his family for centuries. Though they never met again, she never forgot the man they thought was Nikita, so she passed the necklace down to her children, and they to theirs, to remember him by. It survived over twelve wars, always secreted away to a trusted palace official when it was in danger. But once, it did not return. (Nobody searched for it, knowing that one day, it would find an owner who needed it more than they.) It had ended up in the hands of a young girl named Yulia, who discovered that it had an incredible power: the ability to give the owner the skill to become an elite athlete. When Yulia first set foot on ice, there was no going back. The necklace began to work its magic. And some magic it worked! She became one of the greatest figure skaters the world had ever seen.
When Yulia won Olympic (team) gold, she told her teammates about the pendant. Upon learning its history, she returned it to Elena Ilinykh (this one was Elena XVII). The Mordavian Ornament had returned to its rightful owner. The characters of its colorful history could rest in peace knowing its mission was complete.
And as a reward for its gift to the world, the storied jewel became a skating event.
but I'm glad 
