Teen Greenwich Olympian Alexia Paganini To Return Home Without Medal

Alexia Paganini, the 16-year-old from Greenwich who trains at the Ice House in Hackensack, represented Switzerland in the ladies' singles Friday.

Alexia Paganini at the European Championships (2018).

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Alexia Paganini of Greenwich.
Photo Credit: *Alexia Paganini Facebook*

Cecilia Levine

02/23/2018 12:00 p.m.

She came in No. 21 (of 24).

Short Program: 55.26 (19/24)
Free skating score: 101.00 (22/24)
Total score: 156.26 (21/24)

Russia's Alina Zagitova earned the gold medal with 239.57 points. Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva took silver with 238.26.

Canada's Kaitlyn Osmond took bronze with 231.02.

"This is the reason I work every single day, every sacrifice I’ve made for this sport is all worth it for moments like this," she said in a post on Instagram Friday.

"I am so incredibly thankful that I could represent Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. I truly know what it means to be an Olympian now."

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