A nerveless and haunting short programme by Evgenia Medvedeva kept the Russian teenager on track to become the first skater since American Michelle Kwan in 2001 to win back-to-back women's titles ...

Watching Medvedeva’s and Zagitova’s performances Tuesday night, I made peace with the way this gold medal duel will likely unfold. (That’s a nice thing about Olympic fandoms, which are born ...

Alina Zagitova winning gold and beating Evgenia Medvedeva with a jump-filled routine at the Olympics drew mixed reactions from the Internet. The golden girl beat Evgenia Medvedeva by a mere 1.31 ...

Zagitova, a 15-year-old phenomenon, scored 82.92 points, performing a flawless Black Swan routine and displacing her friend and training partner Medvedeva, who had earlier scored 81.61 points.

Following up on her back-to-back world titles, Medvedeva received 80.85 points while teammate Elena Radionova was second with 72.21. Japan's Mai Mihara was third with a personal best of 72.10.