Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva talked about how she was impressed by her silver medal win at the 2018 Olympic Games.
Losing to compatriot Alina Zagitova at the 2018 Games, she won silver in the individual tournament and silver in the team tournament.
“I found motivation to advance in this silver and prove to myself that a person is built in society, not just a single medal. There are numerous ways you can follow and improve, become better, set an example for yourself”- aforementioned Medvedev at a session in the framework of the conference hall “Knowledge”.
Recall that Medvedeva was the world champion in women’s singles in 2016 and 2017. Also, Medvedeva has two gold medals of the European Championship on her account. She is the only figure skater in history to win every major event at the senior level for two seasons.
While the athlete has not competed in official competitions since 2020, he has not officially announced his retirement.
It was previously reported that Medvedev. shared reflections on the performance of ultra-si elements. The figure skater once admitted that she was not enthusiastic that she would need to learn the quadruple jump to continue competing with her younger rivals.