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Continue Reading Below Japanese figure skating legend, Midori Ito, won the 1989 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1992 Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medal. Ashley Wagner of the United States performing in November. See our and to learn more about the use of data and your rights.

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Technically, Russia did not win its first gold medal at these Winter Olympics on Friday. But a nominal banning of Russia from the Olympics for operating a systematic doping scheme at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi was more of a semantic prohibition than a complete ban. One hundred sixty-nine Russian athletes were permitted to compete here. And there was no question which country Zagitova represented in winning gold with a score of 239. Her friend and training partner, Evgenia Medvedeva, took the silver medal with 238. Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada won the bronze with 231. A two-time world champion and consensus favorite to win gold before she broke a bone in her right foot last fall, Medvedeva was forced to confront a sobering reality on Friday at age 18: Experience and artistry and expressiveness did not prevail over mathematics. Photo Medvedeva celebrating after winning the silver medal. Then Medvedeva broke a bone in her right foot last fall, missed training time and two important competitions and perhaps never fully regaining her stamina. Several years ago, Zagitova admitted she trained indifferently and nearly quit. But now she skates with a seriousness of purpose and a whispery inevitability. At practice on Thursday, Zagitova landed five triple jumps in a matter of seconds. The skating world saw a similar Olympic performance 20 years ago. At the 1998 Winter Games, Michelle Kwan of the United States was widely favored to win a gold medal. But Tara Lipinski, then 15, entered those Olympics as the world champion and skated with a technical mastery and joyous inevitability while Kwan displayed the slightest caution. Lipinski won and remains the youngest Olympic champion by a few weeks at a comparable age to Zagitova. Bradie Tennell finished ninth, Mirai Nagasu was 10th and Karen Chen 11th. No American woman has won an Olympic medal since 2006 and only one has won a medal at the annual world championships. Lipinski has criticized American officials for not adjusting to the current scoring system, which rewards the most difficult jumps. The prevailing theory is that the top skaters were placed into pairs, an event which the Soviets and Russians long dominated until recent Games. After the Soviet Union fell, a number of rinks closed and some top coaches moved to the United States. But there are dozens of rinks in Moscow now, some private, some state-operated. Russia is not without its own issues, including the health of its young stars. Adelina Sotnikova, the 2014 Olympic champion at age 17, is not competing this season because of an injury. Yulia Lipnitskaya, who won gold at 15 in the team competition in 2014, has retired after battling anorexia. But it is a concern for another day. For now, Russia is celebrating its first champion at these Olympics. Officially, as a team, its athletes are stateless, competing under a neutral flag. But a gold medal is still a gold medal.

The Russians have expertly adapted to the current system, which awards a specific number of points for everything from jumps and spins to footwork and musical interpretation. The reasons include what Lipinski views as a tout by American officials to teach young skaters to maximize points in the current scoring system. Coach: Denise Myers, Jeremy Allen Bradie placed 7th at the ISU World Jr. Referees: Kubinec CANSeglin URS USA — Finland 1:1 1:1, 0:0, 0:0 Goalscorers: Volmar — Wahlsten. He jesus the event's sole winner, as it was subsequently dropped from the program. The only skater to match this feat was in 1936.