PyeongChang 2018 women's singles champion and Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova congratulates her friend and Beijing 2022 women's singles champion Anna Shcherbakova. On March 28, the "daughter" turned 21 years old.
On March 28, 2025, the "daughter" will be 21 years old
Zagitova wrote, "Happy birthday. This man knows life". And posted an old photo of Shcherbakova on social media. Later, Zagitova posted a screenshot of her personal message, showing Shcherbakova looking emotional about Zagitova's birthday congratulations: "I'm in Afigue, you really sent it out." ”
Zagitova is the only Russian woman in history and only the second in world history to win all the titles in world figure skating competitions after South Korea's Kim Yuna, who ended her career in 2019. Shcherbakova's last professional competition was winning the women's singles title at Beijing 2022.
Zagitova with her friend and Beijing 2022 women's singles champion Anna Shcherbakova (right)
In addition to her Olympic gold medals, Shcherbakova won the World Figure Skating Championships (2021), the European Figure Skating Championships (2022), the World Team Figure Skating Championships (2021), the silver medal at the Grand Prix Finals (2019), the silver medal in the women's singles at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and three women's singles gold medals at the Russian Championships (2019, 2020, 2021).
Shcherbakova received a birthday present from a Chinese ice fan when she turned 21
This season, for the first time on Channel One, Shcherbakova worked as a commentator for figure skating competitions, having appeared in the Russian Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the Russian Figure Skating Championships and the Russian Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals.