“Always keep moving forward, even if it’s slow.” Evgenia Medvedeva’s Column: About Herself, Discipline, and the Joy of Giving
Evgenia Medvedeva shares her life principles that led to success on and off the ice. original source: Sport Express [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “For me, the outcome of the Olympics was complicated because, as they say, ‘Your expectations are your problems.’ I had certain expectations that weren’t met. And that’s solely my problem.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about income, parties and not winning the Olympics. original source: Sasha Sulim's Yutube [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “After the Games, I devoured an entire table of food. My mom said: ‘Now I understand what an eating disorder is.’”
Evgenia Medvedeva about weight and issues with nutrition. original source: Sports / Katok show View this [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “To be honest, there were so many times I wanted to speak out. But Tutberidze led me to an Olympic medal – that’s the main reason to keep quiet and not say anything bad.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about not voicing complaints about Tutberidze. original source: Sports View this post [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “If a child is underage and lives with their parents, and there’s no culture of nutrition in the family, it’s always very tough. There were times I really wanted to eat, but all there was in the fridge was sausage.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about nutrition awareness. original source: Sports / Katok show View this post on [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “After 2018 Olympics I had three fractures in the lower spine and a serious stage of osteoporosis. I was told, ‘These are the kind of bones elderly women have at 85 years old.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about her injuries. source: Sports View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva about sex symbol of figure skating: “Guillaume Cizeron. We’re not focusing on details here. I’m talking about energy, skating, and how he presents himself.”
Medvedeva, Maria Butyrskaya, Anastasia Skoptsova, and Alexei Yagudin about sex symbols in figure skaing. source: [...]
“Naturally, the reaction will be something like, ‘It was better with Gabriella.’ There’s a chance that this mindset could lead to lower scores for them,” Medvedeva about Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry
Evgenia Medvedeva about Guillaume Cizeron returning to competitions with Laurence Fournier Beaudry. original [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “For all figure skaters, training camp in Novogorsk is a prison, sheer hell. When I decided to hang up my skates, I did it once and never regretted it.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about trainings and friendship in sports. original source: Championat View this post [...]
“Let this not be another false hope and let everything work out. The criteria are indeed strict.” Evgenia Medvedeva about the admission of Russian skaters to Olympic qualification event
Evgenia Medvedeva about the admission of Russian skaters to Olympic qualification competition. original source: [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “I remember how Nikita Volodin suggested that we skate as a pair. I was so offended. When a singles skater is offered to switch to pairs, we inherently take it as if you’re not doing too well in singles.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about Nikita Volodin's proposition to skate together. original source: DobroFon View [...]
“She makes one push and skates half the rink at a tremendous speed due to her technique.” Evgenia Medvedeva about Kaori Sakamoto’s skating
Evgenia Medvedeva about Kaori Sakamoto's skating skills. original source: DobroFon View this post on [...]
“Our relationship had a lot of love, a lot of mutual understanding. But we are no longer together. That’s how life goes sometimes when people realize they are no longer on the same path.” Evgenia Medvedeva about her breakup with Dmitri Chigirev
Evgenia Medvedeva about breaking up with Dmitri Chigirev. original source: Ksenia Sobchak Youtube Channel [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “Tutberidze is the main person who essentially brought me here. The main person in my career, the main coach.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about Eteri Tutberidze. original source: Sports View this post on Instagram [...]
“Being a 14-year-old athlete I was told to pad my costume because I doesn’t have breasts so how are we supposed to earn points for the components?” Evgenia Medvedeva about sexualization of sports
Evgenia Medvedeva about sexualization of sports. original source: Ksenia Sobchak Youtube channel / text version [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “There is no resentment today, just gratitude, Tutberidze and I have the most wonderful relationship. If one thinks purely strategically, I can understand the choices of the figure skating federation and Eteri at 2018 Olympics.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about Eteri Tutberidze. original source: Ksenia Sobchak Youtube channel / text version Sports [...]
Alina Zagitova: “I always wanted to be friends with Zhenya. But we don’t communicate. Maybe I just remind her of something bad…”
Alina Zagitova about relations with Evgenia Medvedeva. original source: Nadezhda Strelets Youtube Channel photo [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “They recently allowed the backflip, which I’m incredibly pleased about. Yes, there is a risk for the athlete, but I think that elements like the quadruple axel are riskier than a backflip.”
Evgenia Medvedeva on quad axel, backflip and dancing. original source: Telegram View this post on [...]
“Doctors have forbidden me from going on the ice because I have a huge number of premature heart contractions.” Evgenia Medvedeva shared but then reassured that she’s fine now
Evgenia Medvedeva told about dealing with some heart issues. original source: Evgenia Medvedeva Youtube show "No [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “I won the Worlds twice. And both times the pattern from the coaches was the same: You are nobody. Leave your medal over there, shove it up your ass. What, a star? No damn star. You have the Olympics ahead, go work.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about coaches' actions to prevent star fewer. original source: Evgenia Medvedeva Youtube show "No [...]
“Maybe I would have continued to fight, but my body was already giving up. It’s not that I suffered immensely from it. I would have suffered more if I had stayed.” Evgenia Medvedeva about ending her sports career
Evgenia Medvedeva about ending her sports career and personal life. original source: Roman Kostomarov's Youtube [...]
“I went through different stages. It was hard, and sometimes I was indifferent, convincing myself that silver is also a medal! I do get overwhelmed sometimes — it hits my pride, I admit that.” Evgenia Medvedeva on the Olympic silver
Evgenia Medvedeva about not winning the Olympics. original source: Roman Kostomarov's Youtube Channel [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “If you take little me and ask who I wanted to become in my career, in my family and now show little me where I’m, I would be thrilled! Where I’m right now is a blessing.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about her personal life. original source: "Status: Online" on RU.TV. / text version [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “Figure skaters always envy swimmers, gymnasts. For us, there’s just one single chance at the Olympics and no room for mistake, no other distance.”
Evgenia Medvedeva about the significance of the main competitions for figure skaters. original source: Sport24 [...]