Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova underwent ankle surgery, the Russian announced personally on her Telegram profile. Earlier, a media source reported that the figure skater will undergo surgery.
“Everything is fine, there’s no need to worry about me. I’m slowly coming to my senses. I’m waiting for recovery”, said Anna Shcherbakova.
The 19-year-old Russian is the Olympic champion from Beijing 2022, a gold medalist from the 2021 World Championship and the 2022 European Championship, and a three-time Russian national champion (2019–2021). Anna Shcherbakova was the first woman figure skater to land a quad Lutz in senior competition and the first woman to land two quad Lutz jumps in a single program. She was also the first woman figure skater to land a quad flip in combination with a triple jump, as well as the first to land two quad flip jumps in a single program. She is the first Olympic champion in women’s single skating with quad jumps.
Anna Shcherbakova is also the European silver medalist (2020), the 2019 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2019 Skate America champion, the 2019 Cup of China champion, the 2021 Internationaux de France champion, the 2021 Gran Premio d’Italia champion, the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy champion, the 2021 Budapest Trophy silver medalist, and the 2022 Russian national silver medalist
