The new ice princess was afraid of her main rival and girlfriend on the team at the winter competitions in South Korea. Evgenie Medvedev to such a degree intimidated Alina Zagitova that she could not even content herself to enjoy her Olympic victory. The full champion has felt its taste only at home. And in her mind, as she could, restrained her emotions, so as not to offend the second-placed Medvedev.

Zagitova admitted that she was ashamed to jump from delight. All the cards Alina revealed in a video published on YouTube by the Federation of Figure Skating in Russia. "Since Zhenya Medvedeva and I always went to a press conference together, I skated with her in one group, I saw that she tried very hard, but I was a little bit. I was embarrassed to show my joy, because I also saw how it works. But then, when there was rewarding, I felt that I have a gold medal in the hands of the Olympics, and I was already happy at home, "the skater told in an interview. There was a rush, Zagitova added, to perform the national anthem. "But in time I pulled myself out. But our hockey players fully showed where we are from, "- said the athlete. For the first time after the Olympics in Pyeongchang, where Zagitova, becoming a champion, bypassed Medvedev, the skaters met at the control hire of the Russian team. Their "confrontation" ended not in favor of the first.

Alina could not collect, tore off several elements and left the ice in tears under the stormy ovations of the audience, who tried to support the young Carmen. "I did not have much time to roll up an arbitrary program. It is slightly longer than the short one. I think that eventually I will manage this, "- Zagitova was justified. Meanwhile, not brilliantly on the 9th of September, the starts were made by Medvedev. However, as experts noted, its rolling was cleaner.