A Russian ball at figure skating worlds? Women’s medal sweep possible, not probable
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Anna Shcherbakova of Russia (Getty Images)
A year ago, three Russian women seemed ready to have a ball at the world figure skating championships.
A debutante ball.
Not only was Russia’s “A” team (each first name began with that letter) composed of first-year international seniors, there was a good chance they would sweep the medals, joining a 1991 U.S. trio as the only women to have done that at worlds.
After all, Aliona Kostornaya, Anna Shcherbakova and Aleksandra Trusova had finished first in all six 2019-20 Grand Prix events, each winning two, and they swept both the Grand Prix Final and European Championships podiums in that order.
Not only that, all three had the same coaching team, headed by Eteri Tutberidze in Moscow.
And then …
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