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Friends off the Ice, Rivalry on the Ice. One of the biggest showdowns in the Olympics

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South Korea is hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics, and as of current standings, Norway looks like they will be the Olympic Champions, due to their lead in the Medal Count. Yesterday morning, February 23rd, 10am in South Korea, was the Women's Free Skate to determine the Gold Medalist. The two favorites, Evgenia Medvedeva age 18, and Alina Zagitova age 15, both held the lead in the short program, with Medvedeva scoring a record 81.61, and Zagitova beating the record just a couple skaters after her Russian partner, scoring a 82.92.

24 skaters took the ice Friday Morning, only 3 going to be crowned Olympic Medalists. Zagitova, who was the 22nd skater of the event to compete, scored an impressive 156.65 on her Free Skate, bringing her total score to 239.57. Her routine was flawless, as she skated to "Don Quixote by Leon Minkusas", her technical score was the highest of all the skaters. At the age of 15, she put herself on the top of Leader-board, automatically claiming herself a medal.

The 23rd skater, Kaetlyn Osmond from Canada, stunned the crowd with her performance, under the pressure of being in between the top two skaters in the event. She put up a respectable 231.02, claiming herself at least a Bronze Medal.

The 24th and final skater of the night, Evgenia Medvedeva, had to just beat fellow skating partner, and rival on the ice Alina Zagitova, by a slim 1.32 points to secure herself the gold medal. The two time world champion took the ice, performing her routine to “Anna Karenina” by Dario Marianelli. It was an amazing routine, not leaving a dry eye in the house. Her routine was flawless, and was able to get a good amount of points from her composition, as she had thriving emotion and effort into her routine. As her routine came to a close, she looked around, tears in her eyes, knowing she had just shocked everyone. She skated over to her coaches Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov, Tutberidze, (who also coaches Zagitova) wrapped her arms around the world champion, wondering who would be crowned the champion.

Zagitova sat in the waiting room, waiting for the results of her partner, who only need 1.32 more points
to beat her. The fifteen year old showed no emotion, as she looked calm and ready for the results. As the results flashed across the screen, Evgenia scored the same as Zagitova on her free skate with an impressive 156.65, but knew she fell just a mere point off of her skating partner. The two time world champion, had just been defeated in her first Olympics, by her skating partner Alina Zagitova. The look of disbelief in her eyes, is how many of her fans around the world felt as well, but also showing the hard work and pressure under the athletes that are in the Olympics.

It wasn’t the first time Medvedeva fell to the hands of Zagitova, as she lost just a few weeks early in the European Championships by six points, taking silver for the first time to her partner. It was one of the most covered events at the Olympics, and showed how hard these girls worked to get here. Truly Unbelievable, but congratulations to Alina Zagitova taking Gold for Russia, and Evgenia taking Silver. These two will compete again, against each other, and when they do, the mindset will be a lot different. As the Olympics comes to a close, they will look back on their routines and see how they can improve, and possibly have a different outcome in the next major event.



Gold Medalist of Russia, Alina Zagitova (Center) Silver Medalist of Russia, Evgenia Medvedeva (Left) and Bronze Medalist of Canada, Kaetlyn Osmond (Right)

Ladies' Figure Skating Total score (Free skate score)
1. Alina Zagitova, OAR - 239.57 (156.65)
2. Evgenia Medvedeva, OAR - 238.26 (156.65)
3. Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN - 231.02 (152.15)
4. Satoko Miyahara, JPN - 222.38 (146.44)
5. Carolina Kostner, ITA - 212.44 (139.29)
6. Kaori Sakamoto, JPN - 209.71 (136.53)
7. Dabin Choi, KOR - 199.26 (131.49)
8. Maria Sotskova, OAR - 198.10 (134.24)
9. Bradie Tennell, USA - 192.35 (128.34)
10. Mirai Nagasu, USA - 186.54 (119.61)
(Top 10 skaters from the Olympics with their final scores)
 
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