Alexandra Trusova

Alexandra Trusova did not qualify for the team event. Neither did Anna Shcherbakova. They were both very upset. Russia won gold in the team event. But the day after the individual short program, it was reported that Kamila Valieva had tested positive for doping at the Russian Championships. Her points were deducted. Russia took bronze. The International Skating Union announced that if Kamila Valieva took a podium in the individual event, the awards ceremony would not be held. Therefore, Trusova's main competitor was eliminated. Alexandra had hope of winning. She persistently trained her quads and landed all five quads in one program. She made history! But she still lost to Anna Shcherbakova. Anya had two clean programs. Meanwhile, Sasha fell 3A in the short program and stepped out on a 4T, underrotating her 3Lz+3t combination in g q in the free skate. Alexandra relied on technical difficulty and lost everything. For her, second place at the Olympics is a loss.

• I don’t want to do anything in figurine anymore, ever in my life!
  Never, I hate this sport! I hate it, I hate it all!
  I'll never go on the ice again! Never! I hate it!
  This is impossible, this can't be done! This can't be done.
  Everyone has a gold medal, everyone! But I don’t!
  I hate, I hate, I hate! Never again! You all knew!

At the awards ceremony, the figure skater struggled to hold back tears.

Alexandra, in a fit of rage, hated Anna Shcherbakova, hated figure skating, hated the sport, hated the ice, hated the skates, hated the silver, hated Eteri Georgiyevna, hated all the other coaches, hated everyone. She only wanted her mother. She missed her. Later, of course, she would regret her hatred, but that would come later...