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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedev gave figure skating fans one more show in South Korea. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir gave them one more on Olympic ice. The Russian teenagers, who dueled so memorably in the women's event during the Pyeongchang Games, and the Canadian ice dance couple that became figure skating's most decorated Olympians highlighted the traditional curtain-closing exhibition gala on Sunday. After years spent grinding toward competition, the gala is an opportunity for skaters to finally let down their hair, have a little fun and do what they enjoy most: entertain. So you had Zagitova, the 15-year-old jumping jack who edged Medvedev for gold, performing to the jazz standard "Afro Blue" by American singer Jazzmeia Horn.Read more on NewsOK.com

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