Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva, two-time world champion, explained why she had to end her professional career.
“I did not stop competing of my own free will. I have huge back problems. Even the nerves had to be removed, but it still did not help, ”Medvedeva said in an interview. Hello.
Medvedev is a two-time Olympic silver medalist. In 2018, she climbed the second step of the podium in the single skating and team competitions in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The 23-year-old athlete has two gold medals at the World and European Championships, as well as Olympic medals.
Medvedeva previously appeared in the show “Mask”. The athlete was hiding in a Shawarma costume. The artist was angry that the jury member Regina Todorenko did not guess him, since they were colleagues with him in another television project.
Previously, 42 Canadian athletes, including figure skaters Megan Duhamel and Tessa Virtue, login denied According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, to Russia in response to Canadian sanctions for the spread of Russian hostility.