Anna Shcherbakova

Tears were shed and pointed words were thrown. But after gold medalist Anna Shcherbakova and silver medalist Alexandra Trusova — both 17 years old — had a chance to collect their thoughts, they spoke to the media about what they were feeling when the results were announced.

After one of the most dramatic nights in their sport’s history, Russia’s trio of teenage figure skating stars each enter an uncertain future.

Anna Shcherbakova and Sasha Trusova earned gold and silver, respectively, in the women’s free skate. Kamila Valieva fell twice and finished fourth. See their performances.

Commentator Johnny Weir noted it was the most mistakes he’s ever seen her make in a free skate at the senior level.

Russian Olympic Committee skater Anna Shcherbakova placed second in the short program event at the 2022 Winter Olympics despite not performing a triple axel like her Russian teammates. The 17-year-old, who was the world champion in 2021, opened with a double axel while skating to “Dangerous Affairs” by Inon Zur, an Israeli-American composer. Shcherbakova had one of three clean skates…

Team USA figure skater Mariah Bell says she was not thinking about the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva and was just focused on skating.