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With an overall score of 224.59 points, seventeen-year-old Adelina Sotnikova became one of the youngest figure-skating Olympic champions, edging out silver-medalist and defending-champion Yuna Kim and bronze-medalist Carolina Kostner. [2] After the short program, Kim was in first place, .28 points ahead of Sotnikova. [2]
Denis Ten's bronze medal was Kazakhstan's first Olympic medal in figure skating. [16] Carolina Kostner's bronze medal was Italy's first Olympic medal in a singles event. [17] [18] Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) tied the record of four Olympic figure skating medals (Gillis Grafström won four in the early years of the sport, in 1920–1932). [19]
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, took place from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia. [1] 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held, with gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in each event. Russia originally won 33 medals; three were later stripped for doping ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) - Nerves almost got the best of Yuna Kim. Almost. Then she showed she has just enough to remain the favorite to defend her Olympic figure skating title. The defending champion ...
The pair skating competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The short program was held on 11 February, and the free skating on 12 February. [ 1 ]
The 2013–14 figure skating season began on July 1, 2013, and ended on June 30, 2014. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2014 European Championships , Four Continents Championships , World Junior Championships , and World Championships , as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics .
United States 6–7 Canada; Figure skating. In the ice dancing competition, Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White set a world record score of 78.89 in the short program. [91] The top 20 pairs advanced to the free program. Ice hockey. Men's tournament. Preliminary round – Group A Russia 1–0 Slovakia Slovenia 1–5 United States