Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova brought Russia the first gold medal in the Olympics in Pyeongchang. Evgenia Medvedev won silver. The duel of two strongest figure skaters of the world, one of which is 15 years old, and the second - 18, in an arbitrary program passed with absolute equality of the parties. Both girls scored the same number of points - 156.65. But due to the victory in the short program, where two world records were beaten in a row, Zagitova beat the opponent by 1.31 points.

"I felt a pleasant surprise. I'm glad that I was able to cope with the excitement, my coaches and I worked very hard.

But while I do not have a medal, I do not feel that I became an Olympic champion, "Alina told reporters.

Medvedev after the melting burst into tears.

"I felt all the emotions that I only had. I worked so hard to be here, I left myself on the ice. I do not regret anything, I did everything I could, "said Evgenia.

Earlier, both girls won silver medals in the team tournament of figure skaters. Then Medvedev rolled back the short program, and Zagitov - an arbitrary.