Ex-Westchester Academy Olympian Skater Alexia Paganini To Return Home

Alexia Paganini, a 16-year-old from Greenwich who trained at the Westchester Skating Academy in Elmsford, represented Switzerland in the ladies' singles at the Winter Olympics on Friday.

Alexia Paganini at the European Championships (2018).

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Alexia Paganini of Greenwich.
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Cecilia Levine

02/24/2018 6:30 a.m.

She came in No. 21.

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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