Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia is just 18, but she is already a two-time world champion and should be the favorite for the ladies figure skating gold medal, which begins with the short program. Stay here for live updates and analysis:
Alina Zagitova, the gritty 15-year-old who beat Evgenia Medvedeva earlier this season, also made no mistakes in a program set to music from “Black Swan,” with Swan Lake interpolated. Saving her big jumps until later in the program added a few points, and it took her technical score 2 points past her countrywoman. Just saving that combo until near the end was huge: she scored 13.