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Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2018 18:52:07 GMT
"Our girls are really strong, I just want patience and not give in to emotions. Yes, this is a sport, it happens that you want to jump higher in the big arena, but you should not do it, you have to do what you know," added Sotnikova. Next time Medvedeva and Zagitova will confront each other at the Olympic Games, which will be held in South Korean Pyeongchang from 9 to 25 February. "I will be rooting for the entire Russian national team," Sotnikova said, referring to her expectations from the rivalry between the two girls of Eteri Tutberidze in women's singles.
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Post by Admin on Feb 13, 2018 19:17:53 GMT
2018 Olympic stars, newcomers and comebacks to watch for PBS NewsHour Floating gracefully on the ice to secure silver in the team event for the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) in Pyeongchang on Monday, 15-year-old Alina Zagitova showed she is the one to beat. Wearing a flashy red tutu, Zagitova cleanly executed all elements of her jump-packed free skate to take first place with a more than 20-point lead over second-place finisher Mirai Nagasu of the United States. Zagitova seemed unfazed about stepping onto Olympic ice for the first time. She was eager to gain experience on the world’s most prestigious stage. “It’s one more experience for me,” the soft-spoken teenager told reporters. “Nothing has been proven yet. I still have to do well in the individual event.”
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Post by Admin on Feb 19, 2018 21:02:07 GMT
Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova was forced to leave the official training ahead of schedule at the Olympics due to the requirement of a doping officer of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to pass the test, told RIA Novosti in the headquarters of the skating team. Zagitova is one of the contenders for the gold of the Games in women's single skating, along with two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva. She went to the evening training in the Olympic arena in Gangneung, but left the ice in five minutes. "A few hours ago, a WADA doping officer came to Alina and fetched her blood, after which she was asked to hand her urine, but because of the nervous situation, the figure skater was physically unable to do it." During her training time, she went to the ice, but through she had to leave for several minutes, as the doping officer demanded that she pass the test, so the training was disrupted, "the Russian team told the headquarters.
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Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2018 19:25:13 GMT
Russian ice skater Evgenia Medvedeva broke her own world record in the women's short program Wednesday, only to have her compatriot overtake her minutes later. Alina Zagitova, a 15-year-old skating prodigy, set a huge score of 82.92 at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, 1.31 points clear of Medvedeva's short-lived world record. There are very few words to describe Alina Zagitova's short program, so let's just watch it. #WinterOlympics The gold medal will be decided after scores from the short program are added to those from the free skate on Friday, which means it's all but guaranteed that a Russian skater will take the top spot. For months leading up to the Games, Medvedeva was firm favorite for the gold -- she is, after all, the current World Champion. Zagitova has come out of nowhere however, only entering international competition last year, and going on to win the European Championships in Moscow in January.
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Post by Admin on Feb 23, 2018 19:06:17 GMT
15-year-old Alina Zagitova won the first gold medal for the Olympic Athletes from Russia on Thursday night in the ladies’ free skate in PyeongChang. “I won,” the new gold medalist said. “Honestly, my hands are shaking, because I haven't understood yet that I am an Olympic champion. “This was my mindset going out – not to leave anything on the table,” Medvedeva said, adding that she really felt like she embodied the character Anna Karenina in her performance. “I didn't think about errors, not about a clean skate. Honestly, I skated like in a fog, for the first time. It is because I realise that I am enjoying the process, these four minutes are historical and they only belong to me and the whole world is watching only me for those four minutes. Yevgenia Medvedeva, her training partner and the two-time world champion, earned silver by a margin of 1.31 points. Both Russians scored 156.65 in the free skate; the tie was broken by component scores, where Medvedeva outscored Zagitova. Medvedeva won the free skate phase, but Zagitova’s short program lead was enough to secure her the gold. “This was my mindset going out – not to leave anything on the table,” Medvedeva said, adding that she really felt like she embodied the character Anna Karenina in her performance. “I didn't think about errors, not about a clean skate. Honestly, I skated like in a fog, for the first time. It is because I realise that I am enjoying the process, these four minutes are historical and they only belong to me and the whole world is watching only me for those four minutes.
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