I suspect it’s a fan gift! Whoever picked it out has great taste!I'm happy she's doing so well
Evgenia Medvedeva
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From an interview with Anastasia Skoptsova:
Nastya, how was your friendly trio formed with Stanislava and Evgenia, given that you lived far from each other?
We started communicating with Zhenya back in 2014, at the Grand Prix in Barcelona. This was our first junior season with Kirill, and we qualified for the final. During the stages, I talked with Polina Tsurskaya, we were settled together. And Polina was friends
with Zhenya, and she often came to
our room. We agreed to discuss cosmetics. I also thought: “Wow, Zhenya Medvedeva! Such a sincere, simple and real person, without a drop of pathos. I don't know how you can be so open?" But she was already famous then. And then the girlish conversations, then we corresponded on social networks. Almost a year later, we met at our first adult stage of the Grand Prix in Canada. We chatted, as if we had not parted.
And a couple of years ago we all come to the Russian Championship in Saransk. And Zhenya and Stasya before that lived together at the Grand Prix stage in France. During breakfast, Zhenya says: "So, we need to visit Stas, she called." I ask: "Are you friends with Stasya too?" "Yes". I think: "Well, now we are all together."
- Now you three live in the same city. How do you spend time together?
We often see each other, we come to visit each other. We love to gather at Zhenya's. Although I am terribly afraid of dogs, I always admire her Jerry. She's so cute! Very warm moments when the four of us sit down with Zhenya's mother and discuss something, joke, comment on series. It's so cozy and fun! Zhenya’s mom is an amazing woman, I adore her."
Nastya, how was your friendly trio formed with Stanislava and Evgenia, given that you lived far from each other?
We started communicating with Zhenya back in 2014, at the Grand Prix in Barcelona. This was our first junior season with Kirill, and we qualified for the final. During the stages, I talked with Polina Tsurskaya, we were settled together. And Polina was friends
with Zhenya, and she often came to
our room. We agreed to discuss cosmetics. I also thought: “Wow, Zhenya Medvedeva! Such a sincere, simple and real person, without a drop of pathos. I don't know how you can be so open?" But she was already famous then. And then the girlish conversations, then we corresponded on social networks. Almost a year later, we met at our first adult stage of the Grand Prix in Canada. We chatted, as if we had not parted.
And a couple of years ago we all come to the Russian Championship in Saransk. And Zhenya and Stasya before that lived together at the Grand Prix stage in France. During breakfast, Zhenya says: "So, we need to visit Stas, she called." I ask: "Are you friends with Stasya too?" "Yes". I think: "Well, now we are all together."
- Now you three live in the same city. How do you spend time together?
We often see each other, we come to visit each other. We love to gather at Zhenya's. Although I am terribly afraid of dogs, I always admire her Jerry. She's so cute! Very warm moments when the four of us sit down with Zhenya's mother and discuss something, joke, comment on series. It's so cozy and fun! Zhenya’s mom is an amazing woman, I adore her."
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I love this interview. It's so nice that Evgenia has such good friends.
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Sambo70's dance teacher answered a fan under his newest post today that Zhenya is training again 
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I hope she is ready for Nats!! Still doubt it but at least she is trainingSambo70's dance teacher answered a fan under his newest post today that Zhenya is training again
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I hope she is ready for Nats!! Still doubt it but at least she is training
More confirmation
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I'm sad that she has gone through so much, and now even has serious lung damage. 
All I'm gonna wish now is better health, nothing else matters, even if she can't compete anymore, it is the only thing that matters.
All I'm gonna wish now is better health, nothing else matters, even if she can't compete anymore, it is the only thing that matters.
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As expected Zhenya will miss RusNats. She and her team made the decision, since there is not enough time to prepare for it after Zhenya's illness.
Zhenya about missing RusNats:
"Unfortunately, I have to confirm my pass for the Russian Championship. This is our decision. This season is probably the most difficult when it comes to health. In the fall, I had back problems. Severe pain, because of which I missed more than a month of training. I had to spend a lot of time in clinics. After my back felt better, and I just started to enter the training regime, I became very sick.
I missed most of November and the beginning of December due to illness, and was admitted to the hospital with serious lung damage. Now I am more or less healthy, but I went out on the ice only on December 8th. The doctors recommended that I train in a gentle mode. In fact, I have two weeks to prepare for the Russian Championship, in such circumstances and with the recommendations of doctors it is impossible.I understand that I let my fans down, but such is the life of an athlete. This is the sixth season in adult figure skating for me, and probably the hardest. We will work to keep everything going well. I'd like to go out on the ice as soon as possible! - commented Evgenia Medvedeva.
When asked about her future plans, Medvedeva replied: "Train, prepare for the next competition, for the next season. And hope that health will not bother you. I would also like to wish everyone health and to take care of themselves."
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Zhenya about missing RusNats:
"Unfortunately, I have to confirm my pass for the Russian Championship. This is our decision. This season is probably the most difficult when it comes to health. In the fall, I had back problems. Severe pain, because of which I missed more than a month of training. I had to spend a lot of time in clinics. After my back felt better, and I just started to enter the training regime, I became very sick.
I missed most of November and the beginning of December due to illness, and was admitted to the hospital with serious lung damage. Now I am more or less healthy, but I went out on the ice only on December 8th. The doctors recommended that I train in a gentle mode. In fact, I have two weeks to prepare for the Russian Championship, in such circumstances and with the recommendations of doctors it is impossible.I understand that I let my fans down, but such is the life of an athlete. This is the sixth season in adult figure skating for me, and probably the hardest. We will work to keep everything going well. I'd like to go out on the ice as soon as possible! - commented Evgenia Medvedeva.
When asked about her future plans, Medvedeva replied: "Train, prepare for the next competition, for the next season. And hope that health will not bother you. I would also like to wish everyone health and to take care of themselves."
https://tass-ru.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/tass.ru/sport/10209391/amp?usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA=&_js_v=0.1
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I must say I'm furious at RusFed for having kept Zhenya in Russia... If not their inconsiderate rules for the season (which almost nobody could follow at the end of the day), she could have come back to Canada in the summer. She could have avoided both her back damage and serious disease, and even if she couldn't come to Russia for Nationals, she still would be in the same place (no Nationals, no this season international competitions), but healthy and with better prospects for that reason. I'm still comparing her situation to Satoko's who was able to stay safely in Canada as Japanese Fed agreed on her start at Nationals without any earlier competitions.
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Zhenya could have not gone to Canada in the summer even without those rules. The borders are still closed for non-residents. Zhenya does not have the correct visa to enter. Even Gabriel Papadakis said she cannot enter Canada if she leaves e.g. for a competition, since she has no permanent residency visa and therefore could not even visit her family and go to a funeral in France. Vincent Zhou, Rika Kihira also had the same issues this summer and therefore had to leave their Canadian coaches.
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That is not on Team Tut, that is on RusFed. Athletes often times notify the Fed that they are withdrawing long in advance, RusFed usually waits until the last second to announce the WD to sell more tickets. They have always done this.
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I guess the positive is at least this time it’s in advance so we don’t keep our hopes up for seeing her at Nats
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Well, that decision on the Japan trip gets worse and worse by the minute. But what‘s done is done.
At this point, I just hope she‘ll heal completely and be able to compete again. Serious lung damage is dangerous for an athlete. She loves this sport so much and she wants to fight. She deserves better than this.
At this point, I just hope she‘ll heal completely and be able to compete again. Serious lung damage is dangerous for an athlete. She loves this sport so much and she wants to fight. She deserves better than this.
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I'm so sad for her. However, I am relieved that she is taking her return to training slowly. This season is a bust and her health is the priority. She may do Russian cup final or a senior B would be great. If she is up for it , Mentor TorunCup in January would be great, Ekaterina will probably be there.
As far as going to Japan, all the foreign skaters left TCC in April and went home. Most likely she would have gone to Russia in April and not stayed in Canada.
Now I hope she keeps both programs for next season, they are perfect for the Olympic season.
As far as going to Japan, all the foreign skaters left TCC in April and went home. Most likely she would have gone to Russia in April and not stayed in Canada.
Now I hope she keeps both programs for next season, they are perfect for the Olympic season.
Mentor Cup has been cancelled a week ago.
Thank you for reminding me about those rules. I'm in EU bubble
Still mad with the whole situation...
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She had ice in Japan, and no one knew that we would still be reeling from this pandemic in December. She had the opportunity to skate and, in the event that the show wasn't cancelled, to make good money, and she arrived at the decision after discussing it with the adults around her, "her team," whatever she meant by that. I assume she meant Brian, Tracy, and her mom. In hindsight, it might have been better to just go to Russia, but I am not going to fault her now for something she did in April. She didn't, indeed couldn't, know it was going to play out like this.
And she showed up in Russia with two polished programs and more ice time, even if it had been without a coach, than most if not all of her Russian competitors had enjoyed over the past few months, so she was primed to kick all the figure skating butt available to her this season, and then she got hurt. And then she got sick. She's not bad or stupid or wrong, just unlucky.
I'm really distressed that she damaged her lungs, but I'm thankful that she seems to have recovered and will likely be alright. This season can go take a long walk in the dark haunted woods somewhere and never come out again. It's a total scratch, with every meaningful competition cancelled thus far. I'm so done with it.
Next up: Olympic season. Go get 'em, Zhenya!
And she showed up in Russia with two polished programs and more ice time, even if it had been without a coach, than most if not all of her Russian competitors had enjoyed over the past few months, so she was primed to kick all the figure skating butt available to her this season, and then she got hurt. And then she got sick. She's not bad or stupid or wrong, just unlucky.
I'm really distressed that she damaged her lungs, but I'm thankful that she seems to have recovered and will likely be alright. This season can go take a long walk in the dark haunted woods somewhere and never come out again. It's a total scratch, with every meaningful competition cancelled thus far. I'm so done with it.
Next up: Olympic season. Go get 'em, Zhenya!
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This is one of the most amazing pictures I've ever seen. It's glorious mysterious and beautiful. I don't know how Zhenya pulled it off but she did.New post by Zhenya
I'm sorry. Evgenia won't be at Russian Nationals but since they're not moving it back a couple weeks this is no surprise. She can't possibly be ready for it and I'm not sure we should want her on an airplane to fly to Siberia with 50 other people just coming off of major illness.
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