Zagitova had her first formal skating lessons as a four-year-old with Damira Pichugina in Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, where her father was a hockey coach for the Neftyanik club. Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (Russian: Али́на Ильна́зовна Заги́това, Tatar: Алинә Илназ кызы Заһитова, born 18 May 2002) is a Russian figure skater.She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. “I won,” the new gold medalist said. “Honestly, my hands are shaking, because I haven't understood yet that I am an Olympic champion. Table […] Alina Zagitova, the reigning Olympic and world figure skating champion, is taking a break from competition.. Zagitova said she is focusing on … Alina Zagitova achieved great success in single figure skating and got awarded the title of Master of Sports of Russia.

Alina Zagitova an Olympic Athlete from Russia delighted the crowd and judges with this routine to win the Women's Figure Skating Free Skate gold at the Winter Olympic … Winning a silver medal is a result that only a few athletes can achieve,” Kostornaia said. Aged 15, she won the gold medal with an elegant, poised, but technically terrific performance. Alina ZAGITOVA competed at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 as an Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR), following the decision of the IOC Executive Board on 5 December 2017. Similarly, she is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. ... Zagitova would have needed otherworldly Grades of Execution marks and program component scores to compete for a medal. Alina Zagitova is a young Russian figure skater. Alina Zagitova achieved great success in single figure skating and got awarded the title of Master of Sports of Russia. “Becoming one of the world’s top-three skaters is a reason for happiness, isn’t it? Alina Zagitova of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic … The Russian looks after Olympic champion Alina Zagitova and two-thirds of last season's dominant '3A' - Best Newcomer winner Alena Kostornaia, and Anna Shcherbakova - after Alexandra Trusova left to join Evgeni Plushenko in May.
Skating to ‘Don Quixote’, she was quick and precise, executing moves with ease to score 239.57 points. Tara Lipinski was also 15 when she won the gold medal at the Nagano Olympics, but Zagitova is 25 days older than Lipinski was on Feb. 20, 1998. Similarly, she is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. In 2015, she moved to Moscow to be coached by Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov. The Russian looks after Olympic champion Alina Zagitova and two-thirds of last season's dominant '3A' - Best Newcomer winner Alena Kostornaia, and Anna Shcherbakova - after Alexandra Trusova left to join Evgeni Plushenko in May.

Table […] I’m not chasing titles like Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva did. . Alina Zagitova wins Olympic athletes from Russia's first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's single figure skating. SO, this is not only about athletes getting better but also about choreographers and judging getting better, more to-the-point, progressive and out-of-the box. I think Alina's Olympic programs were stellar, and just watch Alena Kostornaia's 'backloaded' programs, simply stunning. Alina Zagitova is a young Russian figure skater.
15-year-old Alina Zagitova won the first gold medal for the Olympic Athletes from Russia on Thursday night in the ladies’ free skate in PyeongChang. If Zagitova keeps the top spot, she’ll become the second youngest woman to win figure skating gold. After the family moved back to Izhevsk in 2008, she started training with coach Natalia Antipina.

Still just 17, the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games was the highlight of her remarkable career so far. Alina Zagitova will be an Olympic champion forever. “For me, participating in the Olympic Games is already an enormous success. Phil Noble / Reuters Alina Zagitova's triumph in free skate helped the Olympic Athletes from Russia earn their first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Games.