Just as last season, Yevgenia Medvedeva is the clear No. 1 of women’s figure skating this fall.
Ashley Wagner knows this, having taken silver to Medvedeva at the world championships last spring and seeing the Russian win the free-skate-only Japan Open invitational on Oct. 1.
Though both Medvedeva and Wagner won separate Grand Prix events in the last month, their total scores show a disparity.
Medvedeva, 16, tallied 220.65 and 221.54 points, respectively, at her wins in Canada and France. Wagner, 25, scored 196.44 points for her Skate America title.
How does Wagner close the gap?