Figure Zagitova named as Russian reinforced player on May 16 at 0:28
Pyong-chan Olympic figure skating, women's single gold medalist, Russia Arena Zagitowa are among the Russian nominated athletes for the upcoming season.
In December of last year, 17-year-old Zagitowa posted on his SNS after saying that he was considered to be retired from his active career.
On the 15th, the Russian Federation of Figure Skating announced the strengthening designated player for the next season, one of which was Zagitowa.
Zagitowa won the gold medal at the adult Pyeongchang Olympics and also won the World Championship in March last year.
However, since the fall of last year, competitions that could not beat the same Russian players who made their debut continued, and in December, Russia's state television showed the idea of temporarily suspending its activities as a skater, and in fact retired. Was accepted.
After that, he posted on his Instagram that he was not completely inactive and was not trying to retire, and he expressed his desire to continue training.
Other Russian reinforced players include Alyona Kostrunaya, who made his senior debut last year and won the Grand Prix Final in December, and Evgenia Medvedeveva, a silver medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics.