Figure Skating - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy - Ladies Free Skating - Osaka, Japan - November 11, 2017 - Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia in action. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
(Reuters) - Evgenia Medvedeva, widely seen as the favourite for gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, is nursing a broken foot and could miss next month's Grand Prix Final, the Russian figure skater has said.
In an interview carried on the Russian Skating Federation's website, Medvedeva - who topped the podium in Grand Prix events in Moscow and Osaka - said she felt pain before the Russian event in October but was able to compete after taking painkillers.
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