'I feel emptiness inside' - Anna Shcherbakova after gold with Kamila Valieva, Alexandra Trusova upset at Winter Olympics

Anna Shcherbakova has spoken of feeling an «emptiness inside» after winning figure skating gold while her team-mates, Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova, were left upset at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. A distraught Valieva missed out on a medal after a series of heartbreaking falls during her routine as Shcherbakova took the victory ahead of Trusova, who was shown to be furious with the result.

Ad/> There was more intense scrutiny and pressure on Valieva following the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s controversial decision to allow her to compete following her positive test. CAS has not yet ruled on whether she will be able to retain the gold medal she won in the team event before her positive test on December 25 was revealed.

/> Beijing 2022'Explain to me, why??' — Watch 'chilling' moment Tutberidze berates Valieva2 HOURS AGO It all made for an emotionally heightened event on Thursday, and after Valieva closed out the program, Trusova was shown to be in floods of tears and clearly angry at the scores awarded. Trusova was heard to say: “I will never go out on the ice again.

Never! I hate! “It's impossible! You cannot do it this way! I'm not going to the awards! Everyone has a gold medal! Only I don't! I hate it all!" That was all while Russia coach Eteri Tutberidze made headlines for her frosty reaction to Valieva missing out on a medal in a moment which IOC president Thomas Bach described as «chilling». «Why did you let it go?” she said to Valieva.

“Explain it to me, why? “Why did [you] stop fighting? You let it go after that axel. Why?» 'I will never go out on the ice again!' — Angry Trusova hits out 'Why did you stop fighting?' — Coach rebukes Valieva after medal blow Valieva falls to miss out on medal as