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I love Gordeeva and Grinkov but if we're talking about base value they've long since been technically surpassed As was Yuna, even at the time.
Yes but nobody is going to say Medvedeva or Zagitova is the best ever over people like Yu Na, Kwan, Katarina Witt, Henie, or the godly Janet Lynn unless one has amazing longevity and has way more artistic and intangible impact that they have said so far. Right now both are just other russians in skating history who nobody will care about or talk about once they retire, probably not even the best Russian ever over Slutskaya yet. And all those others are way further behind technically than the current than Kim is. And nobody had surpassed Yu Na technically when she retired except Asada on her rare good days. Who else then. Dont even mention the total joke that was Sotnikova, breakdowns of her Olympic program were done by many people who showed with proper scoring she would have been like 5th in TES behind Asada, Kim, Kostner, Gold (in the long program) and that was with her best skate ever.
Sui & Han have a shot to be the best ever if they stay healthy, dominate more, and make a bigger impact, but they are a long way from that yet.