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Ladies' singles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating pictogram
VenueIceberg Skating Palace
Sochi, Russia
Dates19 February 2014 (short program)
20 February 2014 (free skate)
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning score224.59
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adelina Sotnikova  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Yuna  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carolina Kostner  Italy
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Figure skating at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenladies
Pairsmixed
Ice dancemixed
Team trophymixed

The ladies' single skating competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The short program took place on 19 February 2014, and the free skating took place on 20 February.[1] Adelina Sotnikova of Russia won the gold medal. The results of the competition generated journalistic controversies over the scoring and judging.

Records

There were no ISU best scores set in this competition. The scores stood at:

Component Skater Score Date Event Ref
Short program  Kim Yuna (KOR) 78.50 23 February 2010 2010 Winter Olympics [2]
Free skating 150.06 25 February 2010 [3]
Total score 228.56 [4]

The following ISU season best scores (2013-2014) were set during this competition:

Component Skaters Score Date Ref
Short program  Kim Yuna (KOR) 74.92 19 February 2014 [5]
Free skating  Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 149.95 20 February 2014 [6]
Total score 224.59 [7]

Schedule

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
19 February 2014 19:00 Short program
20 February 2014 19:00 Free skate

Results

Short program

The short program (SP) took place on 19 February 2014.[8]

Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN Ded StN
1 Kim Yuna  South Korea 74.92  39.03 35.89 9.04 8.61 9.11 8.89 9.21 0.00 17
2 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 74.64 39.09 35.55 8.82 8.57 9.11 8.89 9.04 0.00 29
3 Carolina Kostner  Italy 74.12 37.49 36.63 9.00 8.79 9.36 9.25 9.39 0.00 26
4 Gracie Gold  United States 68.63 36.55 32.08 8.04 7.71 8.14 8.04 8.18 0.00 22
5 Yulia Lipnitskaya  Russia 65.23 33.15 33.08 8.43 8.07 8.14 8.43 8.29 –1.00 25
6 Ashley Wagner  United States 65.21 31.43 33.78 8.39 8.11 8.61 8.50 8.61 0.00 27
7 Polina Edmunds  United States 61.04 32.98 28.06 7.11 6.71 7.21 6.93 7.11 0.00 12
8 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 60.97 28.71 32.26 8.18 7.79 8.00 8.11 8.25 0.00 24
9 Maé Bérénice Méité  France 58.63 30.83 27.80 7.07 6.64 7.04 6.93 7.07 0.00 28
10 Nathalie Weinzierl  Germany 57.63 31.94 25.69 6.50 6.14 6.57 6.36 6.54 0.00 18
11 Li Zijun  China 57.55 30.01 27.54 7.07 6.57 6.96 6.89 6.93 0.00 23
12 Valentina Marchei  Italy 57.02 27.52 29.50 7.32 7.04 7.54 7.36 7.61 0.00 21
13 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 56.18 27.51 28.67 7.18 6.96 7.18 7.14 7.39 0.00 8
14 Zhang Kexin  China 55.80 32.68 23.12 6.11 5.61 5.79 5.75 5.64 0.00 7
15 Kanako Murakami  Japan 55.60 26.72 28.88 7.39 6.93 7.25 7.21 7.32 0.00 20
16 Mao Asada  Japan 55.51 22.63 33.88 8.57 8.29 8.14 8.64 8.71 –1.00 30
17 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 54.70 27.51 27.19 6.89 6.50 6.89 6.71 7.00 0.00 16
18 Kim Haejin  South Korea 54.37 29.23 25.14 6.54 5.89 6.39 6.11 6.50 0.00 11
19 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 52.61 28.07 24.54 6.32 5.93 6.11 6.14 6.18 0.00 3
20 Elizaveta Ukolova  Czech Republic 51.87 29.72 22.15 5.64 5.32 5.61 5.61 5.50 0.00 14
21 Nicole Rajičová  Slovakia 49.80 26.63 23.17 5.89 5.50 5.93 5.79 5.86 0.00 13
22 Brooklee Han  Australia 49.32 26.37 22.95 5.82 5.54 5.86 5.68 5.79 0.00 9
23 Park So-Youn  South Korea 49.14 25.35 23.79 6.14 5.68 6.00 5.89 6.04 0.00 2
24 Anne Line Gjersem  Norway 48.56 26.13 22.43 5.68 5.36 5.71 5.50 5.79 0.00 15
Did not advance to free skating
25 Jenna McCorkell  Great Britain 48.34 25.34 23.00 5.89 5.36 6.04 5.71 5.75 0.00 5
26 Kerstin Frank  Austria 48.00 26.64 21.36 5.61 5.14 5.39 5.39 5.18 0.00 6
27 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden 47.84 21.83 27.01 7.11 6.57 6.50 6.82 6.75 –1.00 19
28 Natalia Popova  Ukraine 47.42 24.30 23.12 6.00 5.54 5.82 5.82 5.71 0.00 4
29 Elena Glebova  Estonia 46.19 22.59 23.60 6.11 5.75 5.89 5.89 5.86 0.00 1
30 Isadora Williams  Brazil 40.37 18.93 21.44 5.39 5.14 5.39 5.39 5.50 0.00 10

  • TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score; SS - Skating Skills;  TR - Transitions;  PE - Performance/Execution
  • CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number

Free skate

The free skate took place on 20 February 2014.[9]

Pl. Name Nation TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN Ded StN
1 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 149.95  75.54 74.41 9.18 8.96 9.43 9.50 9.43 0.00 21
2 Kim Yuna  South Korea 144.19 69.69 74.50 9.21 8.96 9.43 9.39 9.57 0.00 24
3 Mao Asada  Japan 142.71 73.03 69.68 8.75 8.36 8.79 8.79 8.86 0.00 12
4 Carolina Kostner  Italy 142.61 68.84 73.77 9.14 8.71 9.43 9.21 9.61 0.00 20
5 Gracie Gold  United States 136.90 69.57 68.33 8.57 8.25 8.61 8.64 8.64 –1.00 22
6 Yulia Lipnitskaya  Russia 135.34 66.28 70.06 8.68 8.46 8.68 9.00 8.96 –1.00 19
7 Ashley Wagner  United States 127.99 61.07 66.92 8.46 8.07 8.50 8.36 8.43 0.00 23
8 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 125.35 60.57 65.78 8.36 7.82 8.21 8.29 8.43 –1.00 15
9 Polina Edmunds  United States 122.21 63.02 60.19 7.54 7.29 7.57 7.61 7.61 –1.00 17
10 Valentina Marchei  Italy 116.31 55.56 60.75 7.46 7.18 7.75 7.71 7.86 0.00 16
11 Maé-Bérénice Méité  France 115.90 60.86 56.04 7.11 6.57 7.14 7.07 7.14 –1.00 14
12 Kanako Murakami  Japan 115.38 56.96 58.42 7.54 6.93 7.36 7.32 7.36 0.00 10
13 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 112.80 55.97 57.83 7.25 6.96 7.32 7.25 7.36 –1.00 7
14 Li Zijun  China 110.75 55.79 54.96 7.04 6.57 6.82 6.96 6.96 0.00 13
15 Zhang Kexin  China 98.41 49.84 48.57 6.43 5.71 6.11 6.14 5.96 0.00 11
16 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 95.83 48.40 47.43 6.11 5.75 5.82 6.00 5.96 0.00 3
17 Kim Haejin  South Korea 95.11 45.25 50.86 6.61 6.07 6.29 6.50 6.32 –1.00 9
18 Brooklee Han  Australia 94.52 48.71 46.81 6.00 5.43 5.96 5.86 6.00 –1.00 2
19 Park So-Youn  South Korea 93.83 48.72 46.11 6.04 5.50 5.82 5.75 5.71 –1.00 1
20 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 92.45 39.85 53.60 6.93 6.32 6.75 6.75 6.75 –1.00 8
21 Nathalie Weinzierl  Germany 89.73 38.47 52.26 6.71 6.39 6.46 6.64 6.46 –1.00 18
22 Anne Line Gjersem  Norway 85.98 41.24 44.74 5.64 5.32 5.61 5.71 5.68 0.00 5
23 Elizaveta Ukolova  Czech Republic 84.55 42.94 43.61 5.61 5.29 5.29 5.68 5.39 –2.00 4
24 Nicole Rajičová  Slovakia 75.20 30.39 45.81 5.82 5.54 5.50 5.89 5.89 –1.00 6

  • TSS - Total Segment Score; TES - Technical Element Score; PCS - Program Component Score; SS - Skating Skills;  TR - Transitions;  PE - Performance/Execution
  • CH - Choreography; IN - Interpretation; Ded - Deduction; StN - Starting Number
  • Skaters perform in groups of six. After the first two groups (12 skaters), the rink is re-iced.

Overall

The skaters are ranked according to their overall score.[10]

Rank Name Nation TP SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 224.59 2 74.64 1 149.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Yuna  South Korea 219.11 1 74.92 2 144.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carolina Kostner  Italy 216.73 3 74.12 4 142.61
4 Gracie Gold  United States 205.53 4 68.63 5 136.90
5 Yulia Lipnitskaya  Russia 200.57 5 65.34 6 135.34
6 Mao Asada  Japan 198.22 16 55.51 3 142.71
7 Ashley Wagner  United States 193.20 6 65.21 7 127.99
8 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 186.32 8 60.97 8 125.35
9 Polina Edmunds  United States 183.25 7 61.04 9 122.21
10 Maé-Bérénice Méité  France 174.53 9 58.63 11 115.90
11 Valentina Marchei  Italy 173.33 12 57.02 10 116.31
12 Kanako Murakami  Japan 170.98 15 55.60 12 115.38
13 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 168.98 13 56.18 13 112.80
14 Li Zijun  China 168.30 11 57.55 14 110.75
15 Zhang Kexin  China 154.21 14 55.80 15 98.41
16 Kim Haejin  South Korea 149.48 18 54.37 17 95.11
17 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 148.44 19 52.61 16 95.83
18 Nathalie Weinzierl  Germany 147.36 10 57.63 21 89.73
19 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 147.15 17 54.70 20 92.45
20 Brooklee Han  Australia 143.84 22 49.32 18 94.52
21 Park So-Youn  South Korea 142.97 23 49.14 19 93.83
22 Elizaveta Ukolova  Czech Republic 136.42 20 51.87 23 84.55
23 Anne Line Gjersem  Norway 134.54 24 48.56 22 85.98
24 Nicole Rajičová  Slovakia 125.00 21 49.80 24 75.20
Did not advance to free skating
25 Jenna McCorkell  Great Britain 48.34 25 48.34 —
26 Kerstin Frank  Austria 48.00 26 48.00 —
27 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden 47.84 27 47.84 —
28 Natalia Popova  Ukraine 47.42 28 47.42 —
29 Jelena Glebova  Estonia 46.19 29 46.19 —
30 Isadora Williams  Brazil 40.37 30 40.37 —

Judges and officials

Short Program judges[11]

Judge 1: United States Robert Rosenbluth
Judge 2: Canada Karen Howard
Judge 3: Italy Franco Benini             

Judge 4: Germany Birgit Föll
Judge 5: United Kingdom Diana Stevens
Judge 6: Japan Nobuhiko Yoshioka         

Judge 7: Sweden Katarina Henriksson
Judge 8: Slovakia Adriana Domanska
Judge 9: South Korea Koh Sung-Hee

Free Skate judges[12]

Judge 1: Germany Birgit Föll
Judge 2: Ukraine Yuri Balkov
Judge 3: Italy Franco Benini             

Judge 4: Estonia Zanna Kulik
Judge 5: Japan Nobuhiko Yoshioka
Judge 6: Russia Alla Shekhovtsova          

Judge 7: France Hélène Cucuphat
Judge 8: Canada Karen Howard
Judge 9: Slovakia Adriana Domanska

  • Technical controller: Russia Alexander Lakernik
  • Technical specialist: France Vanessa Gusmeroli
  • Assistant technical specialist: Finland Olga Baranova
  • Referee: Switzerland Diana Barbacci Levy
  • Data operator: United States David Santee
  • Replay operator: Russia Alexander Kuznetsov

Responses

Immediately after the final scores were announced, questions arose regarding whether Adelina Sotnikova's performance deserved higher scores than the performances of Kim Yuna and Carolina Kostner.[13][14] Questions over the judges, the judging system, and the anonymity of scores were also raised.[15]

Official responses

On 21 February 2014, the International Skating Union (ISU) issued a statement declaring their confidence "in the high quality and integrity of the ISU judging system". Adding "judges were selected by random drawing from a pool of 13 potential judges" and all nine judges on the free skating panel were from different nations. The statement also asserted all rules and procedures were applied during the competition and no official protest had been filed by any participating nation concerning the results of the competition.[16]

One month after the competition, on 21 March 2014, news articles indicated that the Korean Olympic Committee intended to file an official complaint to the International Skating Union for the reason of violation of ethics (ISU regulation Article 24). This was to be based on the composition of the judging panel, which included Alla Shekhovtsova and Yuri Balkov.[17][18] On 24 March 2014, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported although the Korean Olympic Committee had filed an official complaint to the International Skating Union on the composition of the judging panel stating, "the complaint demands that the ISU conduct a thorough investigation and urges for reform," that nonetheless the Korean Olympic Committee spokesman disclosed that Kim Yuna's scores will not be challenged, and that the competition's results cannot be overturned.[19]

Supporting opinions

On 20 February 2014, The New York Times published a technical assessment of the competition titled "How Sotnikova Beat Kim" with a point-by-point and jump-by-jump comparison of the performances of the two skaters.[20] The New York Times also reported in a conjointly published article that Sotnikova's routine was athletically challenging stating that: "Sotnikova scored higher on the technical merit of her program. For instance, Kim did not attempt a triple loop or a double axel, triple toe loop combination, as Sotnikova did."[21]

Michelle Kwan, two-time Olympic medalist and five-time World champion, stated "Under the scoring system, hands down, Adelina won."[22] The Canadian three-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist Elvis Stojko responded "It was totally fair, Adelina was ready. Kim didn't have enough technical ammunition."[23] The American Tara Lipinski, an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating together with Johnny Weir, a former world bronze medalist, have also expressed their agreement with the judges' decision on Sotnikova's performance.[24] Scott Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic champion, said that while Sotnikova's skating is not as aesthetically pleasing as Kim's, her athletic style "checks off every box" and "does everything the judges are looking for."[25] Alexei Mishin, a Russian figure skating coach, with a long-time rivalry with Sotnikova's choreographer Tatiana Tarasova, said that "I can say one thing: the victory of Adelina Sotnikova is absolutely natural and objective."[26]

Opposing opinions

USA Today reported "A high-ranking Olympic figure skating official … said the geographic makeup of the judging panel 'was clearly slanted towards … Sotnikova.'"[27] The free skating panel included two Russian officials, a Russian judge and an Ukrainian judge.[12] Journalists questioned the appointments of Russian judge Alla Shekhovtsova, the wife of the former president and the current general director of Figure Skating Federation of Russia Valentin Piseev, and Ukrainian judge Yuri Balkov, who was suspended for a year after being caught on tape attempting to fix the ice dancing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[28] Furthermore, Shekhovtseva was photographed hugging Sotnikova in the arena, raising another question of bias.[29] The detailed score sheet shows that one judge gave Sotnikova +3 grade of execution (GOE) on all except one element.[9][14]

Some journalists and experts argued that scores given to Adelina Sotnikova were inflated.[13][14] They noted that Sotnikova stepped out of one of her jumps. Furthermore, Carolina Kostner had completed the same number of triple jumps as Sotnikova but without any major errors, yet Sotnikova received a higher Technical Element Score (TES). Some felt that Kostner's performance was more artistic and better choreographed, but Sotnikova got a higher Program Component Score (PCS).[14] Sonia Garbato, seven-time Olympic figure skating judge and former high-ranking ISU official, wrote: "No fair judge … could have awarded to Adelina higher marks in choreography, performance/execution, and interpretation of the music."[30] Retired national-level figure skater Tim Gerber, who also attended ISU technical specialists seminars, but never worked in an official role in ISU competition, wrote a letter to the ISU, claiming that Sotnikova's triple triple combination jump should have received wrong edge and under rotation. Gerber also asserted that the step sequence levels were not correctly awarded for Kim and Sotnikova. He stated that Kim's step sequence should have received a level four (instead of three) and Sotnikova's step sequence should have received a level three (instead of four).[31]

Katarina Witt, a two-time Olympic champion, was stunned by the result and she claimed that Kim was the true gold medalist, saying "there would be no change for the result, but we must have a discussion on the judgment.[32] Michael Weiss, a two-time world bronze medalist, wrote "couldn't disagree more that Yuna &Satnikova had basically same Component marks?..in Both short & long? Home field inflation." Ryan Bradley, 2011 US champion, asked "Are we just going to ignore that she botched the landing of her 3 jump and pretend she was perfect?"[33][34]

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