EVGENIA MEDVEDEVA: RUSSIA’S IRON PRINCESS

By Tatjana Flade ©IFS She burst onto the senior scene this season, taking the world by storm. After winning the Grand Prix Final, Russian national and European titles in succession, she heads into the World Championships as the top contender and the one to beat.Evgenia Medvedeva has the sprightliness of a fairy as she spins and leaps across the ice, her contagious smile captivating audiences everywhere she competes. But behind that façade lies a young woman whose will is as strong as iron. Her steely character was evident in her final year in the junior ranks, during which she won every international event she contested. Medvedeva carried that fierce competitive spirit into the senior ranks this season, mining gold at five of the six events she has so far contested. Her only defeat came at Rostelecom Cup, where she placed second behind her main rival, Elena Radionova. Medvedeva’s coach, Eteri Tutberidze, said that her young student has shown on many occasions ...