Russian Alina Zagitova, gold medalist of the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, will compete for the title of the best athlete of 2018. For this title she was nominated by the Women's Sports Foundation, WSF. Zagitova - the only Russian athlete, who was included in the list of ten finalists. In addition to the young figure skater, the Biathlonist Laura Dalmayer from Germany and 8 athletes from the United States are applying for the title of the best female athlete of the year: Oksana Masters, Paralympic skier and Brenne Hakabi, Paralympic Snowboarder; Clara Shields, World Champion in boxing; Mikaela Schiffrin, mountain skier, bicyclist Hanna Roberts; swimmer Simone Manuel, snowboarder Chloe Kim and the long-distance runner Shalan Flanagan. The list of applicants is published on the WTF website. Interestingly, since July 1, the system of calculating points in figure skating has changed.

If these rules were in force at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, then Evgeni Medvedev would win 0.24 points from Alina Zagitova, according to "Soviet Sport". At the Winter Games in the Republic of Korea this year, a real drama unfolded: for the gold of the Olympics in women's single skating fought two students star coach Eteri Tutberidze. 15-year-old Alina Zagitova won the double world champion Evgenia Medvedeva. After the end of the season, Medvedev announced that she will train with Brian Orser and moved to Canada.