Evgenia Medvedeva Has Retired

[PeterG]

It appears that two-time Olympic medalist and three-time World medalist Evgenia Medvedeva has retired. I'm surprised there is not a thread about this at FSU. Maybe because it hasn't been covered much? I looked at wikipedia first to see where she was at, career-wise. This is the last sentence under her "Career" section:

In December 2021, Medvedeva announced that she'd ended her competitive skating career due to a chronic back injury.

So I looked here at FSU to read the thread about her retirement. Nothing.

Then I did a general google search and a google news search. Found this article:

Evgenia Medvedeva: “I had my first love, it ended ugly. In a difficult moment, right after the Olympics, he told me in plain text: thank you, I don’t need you anymore.”

Evgenia Medvedeva in the video interview with her Ice Age partner Danya Milokhin told about her Olympics, retirement and personal life. Partly translated.

fs-gossips.com

The third section there is entitled, "About ending sports career".

She was such a wonder to watch. Her retirement is a great loss to the sport. But her health is so much more important.

 

[skatingguy]

I didn't realize she'd made an actual retirement announcement, but had seen the statement where she said she couldn't do flip or lutz anymore, and because she hasn't competed in two years I just considered that she had retired already.

 

[Ka3sha]

She explained everything in her recent Olympic Channel interview (highly recommend to read, it’s a great one)

Evgenia Medvedeva Q&A: Olympic pressure, mental health and quad jumps

The Olympic silver medallist is candid in a wide-ranging exclusive chat - and calls Hanyu Yuzuru 'a king.'

olympics.com

She is going to Beijing as Russian Olympic Committee official ambassador and a part of Channel 1 tv crew. She also took part in exhibitions at Russian Nationals skating to ‘Alegria’ that was supposed to be her competitive program.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zsVW3vFcUjE

 

[AxelAnnie]

Ok - I adore Medvedeva.....always have. She has a unique soul and inner strength. And my goodness is she gorgeous!.

However, I do not understand anything she was talking about. It will be wonderful to have her on the OLY committee.

 

[DreamSkates]

I wish her the best in all her endeavors.

 

[Scott512]

Zhenyas retirement created only four replies? As the great John Patrick Mcenroe would say you cannot be serious!

Congrats to Zhenya on a great career that broken foot changed everything in 2018. This girl started her senior career with 12 straight gold medals it's just incredible a record that will never be equaled or broken. She was the queen until she broke her foot.

 

[skatfan]

Zhenyas retirement created only four replies? As the great John Patrick Mcenroe would say you cannot be serious!

Congrats to Zhenya on a great career that broken foot changed everything in 2018. This girl started her senior career with 12 straight gold medals it's just incredible a record that will never be equaled or broken. She was the queen until she broke her foot.

Why are you so fixated on not one, but three dead retirement threads today?

We don’t care, that’s why no one is commenting. It was clear she wouldn’t come back when the pandemic hit. It’s all very old news.

 

[Evgeniafan]

I care that Zhenya is retired. I think had Covid and her escalating back injury did not happen, she would still be skating competively. The great thing is that she still does shows and has learned some pairs elements. So I think we will continue to see her skate.

 

[Wyliefan]

I think a lot of us cared -- we just weren't surprised. It was pretty clear long before the official announcement.