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Olympic silver medallist Evgenia Medvedeva has been named an 'ambassador' for Team Russia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president Stanislav Pozdnyakov made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday in Moscow.
The country had been prevented from competing under its own flag at PyeongChang 2018, where Medvedeva won silver as an 'Olympic Athlete from Russia'.
"As you remember in the end of February [2018], the Russian Olympic Team was fully restored and can now compete in Tokyo 2020 under a Russian flag," Pozdnyakov said.
"Evgenia is one of the reasons why this happened. She attended a few meetings and played an important role.
"You cannot not notice diplomatic efforts that Evgenia has shown. For us it seems to be a reasonable decision to choose Evgenia as our official Tokyo 2020 ambassador. The main role of the Ambassador of the Olympic team is to support and be with the team."
ROC Media Relations Officer Konstantin Vybornov added: "Evgenia stood in front of IOC at the meeting using her diplomatic skills. Speaking about athlete courage, this was it. She took a huge responsibility. Performing in front of a lot of people in a crisis situation is a huge responsibility."
Full story here: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/amp/evgenia-medvedeva-ambassador-russia-tokyo-2020/
Huge and very well deserved recognition, and how cool that we'll see a figure skater as part of the Russian delegation at the Olympic Summer Games!
ETA: Medvedeva on new season, quads, and Tokyo 2020 https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/v...medvedeva-on-new-season-quads-and-tokyo-2020/ (video interview with Zhenya by the Olympic Channel)
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president Stanislav Pozdnyakov made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday in Moscow.
The country had been prevented from competing under its own flag at PyeongChang 2018, where Medvedeva won silver as an 'Olympic Athlete from Russia'.
"As you remember in the end of February [2018], the Russian Olympic Team was fully restored and can now compete in Tokyo 2020 under a Russian flag," Pozdnyakov said.
"Evgenia is one of the reasons why this happened. She attended a few meetings and played an important role.
"You cannot not notice diplomatic efforts that Evgenia has shown. For us it seems to be a reasonable decision to choose Evgenia as our official Tokyo 2020 ambassador. The main role of the Ambassador of the Olympic team is to support and be with the team."
ROC Media Relations Officer Konstantin Vybornov added: "Evgenia stood in front of IOC at the meeting using her diplomatic skills. Speaking about athlete courage, this was it. She took a huge responsibility. Performing in front of a lot of people in a crisis situation is a huge responsibility."
Full story here: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/amp/evgenia-medvedeva-ambassador-russia-tokyo-2020/
Huge and very well deserved recognition, and how cool that we'll see a figure skater as part of the Russian delegation at the Olympic Summer Games!
ETA: Medvedeva on new season, quads, and Tokyo 2020 https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/v...medvedeva-on-new-season-quads-and-tokyo-2020/ (video interview with Zhenya by the Olympic Channel)
To be able to have the opportunity to be involved with the summer games after the unfortunate situation for team Russia during the last winter games is exactly what she deserves, since she played a role in the athletes being able to compete. And it's in Japan, a great love of hers. Side note.. she looked so beautiful at the press conference. Congrats Zhenya 
, but I have to join everyone else on this: no one rocks a red pantsuit and stilettos like Zhenya. I'm impressed.
here's another look at her outfit:
