Figure skating - Good friends, but it's war on the ice, say Russians

Figure Skating - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Ladies Single Skating Short Program - Gangneung, South Korea - February 21, 2018 - Evgenia Medvedeva, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, performs. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva and fellow Russian skater Alina Zagitova are close friends who talk to each other about everything, but when they take to the ice for Olympic medals on Friday, it's going be nothing short of war.

Zagitova, who led after Wednesday's short skate, and Medvedeva both have their sights on gold - which could be the first for Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.