Many have already called her, at the age of 19, the greatest skater of all time. For years, the 2018 Olympics were seen as Medvedeva’s to lose. This year, Evgenia Medvedeva is sitting in that Michelle Kwan spot. In 1998, Michelle Kwan was seen as the favorite heading into the Olympics, but her dreams of gold were spoiled by the shriek-worthy excellence of a 15 year-old challenger, Tara Lipinski. 20 years after the Nagano Olympics, I feel like I’m witnessing the rivalry between Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski all over again, except this time the rivals are Russian and I’m old enough to down a bottle of wine while watching. Thursday night’s ladies’ free skate is shaping up to be one of the greatest face-offs in Olympic history.
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