Evgenia Medvedeva emulates Kwan with back-to-back world titles

ByReuters

Updated 31/03/2017 at 19:48 GMT

Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva will be the woman to beat at next year's Winter Olympics after soaring above her rivals to win back-to-back titles at the world figure skating championships with a performance full of grace and technical wizardry.

Evgenia Medvedeva from Russia performs during ladies short program of ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 on March 29, 2017 in Helsinki.

Image credit: AFP

Friday's triumph with a world record total of 233.41 points made her the first woman since American Michelle Kwan in 2001 to win successive world titles and enhanced her reputation as a skating phenomenon as she has now captured 10 titles in a row.

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No one came close to ending that run on Friday as she romped to victory by 15.28 points over Canadian Kaetlyn Osmond.

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The 17-year-old Russian also made it a clean sweep of world records as her free skate score of 154.40 was an all-time best.

Osmond and her team mate Gabrielle Daleman earned their first world medals by finishing second and third respectively.

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