The women's singles figure skating competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea, on 21 and 23 February 2018, and featured 30 skaters from 20 nations. Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva, both competing as Olympic Athletes from Russia, won the gold and silver medals, respectively; while Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada won the bronze. Zagitova and Medvedeva each set new world record scores in succession in the short program. While both Zagitova and Medvedeva were seen as equal contenders for the gold medal, each with a resume of championship wins to their credit, it was Zagitova who ultimately emerged victorious. Zagitova's strategy of performing all of her jumps in the back half of her programs so as to earn maximum bonus points led the International Skating Union to change their rules for the next season. The colloquially-named "Zagitova rule" now limits the number of jumps that skaters can do in the back half of their programs for extra points. Women's figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang — the final on February 23, 2018. 🥇 Alina Zagitova (OAR) · 🥈 Evgenia Medvedeva · 🥉 Kaetlyn Osmond Wiki link