Trusova finished four points back in second place but wasn’t pleased with the judges, especially given the difficulty of her program. Shcherbakova landed both of her quads to finish with 255.95 points, edging out another teammate, Alexandra Trusova, who landed five somewhat shaky quads of her own. “I am so happy that I still haven’t realized the result.” I just know that I skated clean,” said Shcherbakova, who was second behind Valieva after the short program. “I still haven’t realized that my Olympic Games have ended. BEIJING (AP) - A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night.Įven the fact that there was a podium was a surprise.Īnna Shcherbakova, the overlooked world champion, delivered a clean performance in her free skate at historic Capital Indoor Stadium to win a stunning gold medal, while teammate Kamila Valieva - at the center of the latest Russian doping controversy - tumbled out of the medals altogether with a mistake-filled end to her Olympic dream.

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