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BIZARRE: Alexandra trusova - You Need To See This

For many Olympic medalists, silver stings more than bronze

At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a distraught Alexandra Trusova won silver and promptly declared, “I will never skate again.” Swimmer Michael Phelps displayed a mix of frustration and disappointment at the 2012 London Olympics when he added a silver to his trove of gold medals. At those same games, gymnast…

The Conversation

Winter Olympics: highs, lows, heroes and villains of Beijing 2022

Our writers pick their best moments, from Alexandra Trusova’s extraordinary rant to Erin Jackson’s groundbreaking gold

The Guardian - UK

Raising age limit for skating would end the age of the quad

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games

The Independent UK

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Russian trio of skaters face uncertain futures after drama

Russia’s trio of teenage figure skating stars each enter an uncertain future after what may be the most dramatic night in their sport's history

The Independent UK

More losers than winners as Kamila Valieva’s Winter Olympics ends in tears

Anna Shcherbakova took gold after 15-year-old Valieva finally wilted under the pressure of being the story of the Games

The Independent UK

Kamila Valieva ordeal leaves champion Anna Shcherbakova with ’emptiness inside’

Fifteen-year-old Valieva fell twice and made several more errors in her free skate to Ravel’s Bolero as she missed out on an Olympic medal

The Independent UK

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva finishes 4th at Olympics after falling multiple times

Russia's Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova won gold and silver, respectively, and Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took the bronze.

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Kamila Valieva’s Olympic gold hopes vanish amid ROC anger, tears and joy

A tearful Valieva slipped to fourth, Anna Shcherbakova quietly won gold and runner-up Alexandra Trusova wept in a chaotic, cruel figure skating finale

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics day 13 – as it happened

Kamila Valieva slipped to fourth in figure skating and Team GB secured their first medal on a dramatic day in Beijing

The Guardian - US

Yuzuru Hanyu's historic jump, Trusova's five quads and more to watch for during 2022 Olympic figure skating

From Hanyu and Chen's battle for gold to Russia's history-making teens and even some Daft Punk — figure skating is probably not what you remember.

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