Konståkningens drottning kan störtas av 15-åring i OS
Ryskan Jevgenija Medvedeva har varit konståkningens stora stjärna under flera år och sågs länge som självklar guldmedaljör under OS i Pyeongchang. Men nu utmanas hon av sin tre år yngre träningskamrat, 15-åriga Alina Zagitova, skriver Reuters.
Zagitova vann överraskande EM i januari, vilket var Medvedevas första förlust på två år. 15-åringen säger att rivaliteten bara gör båda åkarna bättre.
– Vi är konkurrenter på träning, men inte på ett dåligt sätt. Om hon gör tre trippelhopp på en träning så försöker jag göra detsamma. Vi sporrar varandra, säger hon till Reuters.
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Evgenia Medvedeva
Wikipedia (en)
Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (Russian: Евгения Армановна Медведева; born 19 November 1999) is a Russian figure skater. She is a two-time world champion (2016, 2017), a two-time European champion (2016, 2017), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2015, 2016), and a two-time Russian national champion (2016, 2017). Earlier in her career, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships, the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.
Medvedeva was the first ladies' singles skater to win senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds, and the first ladies' singles skater to win two consecutive senior Worlds the year after winning Junior Worlds. At the 2017 World Championships, she became the first female skater to win back-to-back world titles in 16 years since Michelle Kwan did so in 2000 and 2001, and the first Russian woman ever to successfully defend her world title.
Under the ISU Judging System, she has set world record scores 11 times and is the first female skater to surpass the 80-point short program mark, the 160-point free skating mark, and the 230-point and 240-point total mark. Medvedeva currently holds the world record for the ladies' short program, free skate and combined total scores.
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Alina Zagitova
Wikipedia (en)
Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (pron. Zah-GHEE-toh-vah; Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian figure skater of Tatar origin. She is the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and 2018 Russian national champion.
Earlier in her career, she won gold at the 2017 World Junior Championships and at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she became the first junior lady to achieve a total score above the 200 mark, scoring 207.43 points.
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