Medvedeva, Greatness, and the Glory of Defeat

In February 2018, double World Champion, Evgenia Medvedeva, skated onto the ice to pursue the one medal that had up to that point eluded her: Olympic Gold. What followed was a routine so mesmeric, so creative, and so moving that it astounded everyone who watched it…including one of your hosts from 'The Way We See Sport, the Way We See Life'. For one short moment, the Huddersfield Town fan became a devotee of ice-skating! Yet for all its beauty, the routine did not yield the gold medal Medvedeva desired.In this latest episode of TWWSS, TWWSL, Chris and Nathan consider the question of whether greatness and victory are the same thing; whether there can be glory in failure, or whether triumph is a pre-requisite. For the first time, the podcast ventures to the Winter Olympics to discuss a skating routine that set the ice on fire. By the end, Nathan will try to convince you not that Medvedeva was great in spite of her defeat, but that she was even greater because of it.We hope you enjoy the episode.