“I can’t believe I’m the champion,” said Zagitova after a fairytale debut season on the senior circuit. “It’ll take some time to sink in.”She beat two-time world champion Medvedeva despite both scorings matching 156.65 points in the free skating. “I did not get the feeling I’m the Olympic champion, I haven’t got my medal yet! “I am realising that all the work I have put in on the way to this Olympic Games was not in vain. When she is presented with her gold medal later it will not be to the sound of the Russian national anthem nor with the Russian flag being hoisted but to the Olympic anthem and with the Olympic flag flying.

Source: Pakistan Today February 23, 2018 11:48 UTC