Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles

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Ladies' singles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Korea Kim Yuna Sochi Medal Ceremony 05.jpg
Medalists (from left) Kostner, Sotnikova and Kim
Venue Iceberg Skating Palace
Sochi, Russia
Dates 19 February 2014 (short program)
20 February 2014 (free skating)
Competitors 30 from 20 nations
Winning score 224.59
Medalists
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1st Adelina Sotnikova  Russia
2nd Kim Yuna  South Korea
3rd Carolina Kostner  Italy
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Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Singles men ladies
Pairs mixed
Ice dancing mixed
Team event mixed

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.

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 skating

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 Hae-jin  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 Jelena 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

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  • 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 skating

The Free skating 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 Hae-jin  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

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  • 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 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 224.59 2 74.64 1 149.95
2nd Kim Yuna  South Korea 219.11 1 74.92 2 144.19
3rd 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 65.23 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 Hae-jin  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 N/A
26 Kerstin Frank  Austria 48.00 26 48.00 N/A
27 Viktoria Helgesson  Sweden 47.84 27 47.84 N/A
28 Natalia Popova  Ukraine 47.42 28 47.42 N/A
29 Jelena Glebova  Estonia 46.19 29 46.19 N/A
30 Isadora Williams  Brazil 40.37 30 40.37 N/A

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 Skating 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, journalistic 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 in the press.[15]

Official responses

On 21 February 2014, the International Skating Union (ISU) issued a statement which asserted all rules and procedures were applied during the competition and that no official protest had been filed by any participating nation concerning the results of the competition.[16] Such a protest must be done within 30 minutes of the event.[17][18]

ISU's 21 February 2014 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.[16]

On 10 April, the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) and the Korean Skating Union (KSU) filed an official complaint with the ISU Disciplinary Commission (DC) concerning judging. The complaint was regarding "the wrongful constitution of the panel of judges and the unjust outcome of the competition". It requested that the DC conduct a thorough investigation, "take appropriate disciplinary actions against the concerned individuals", and institute corrective actions. On 14 April, the DC ruled the complaint inadmissible because a general request for investigation is not within DC's jurisdiction and the complaint was not addressed at an individual or federation as required.[19][20][21]

On 30 April, the KOC and KSU filed a second official complaint with the DC. This time the complaint was against Alla Shekhovtsova and Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FSFR), specifically citing a hug Shekhovtsova shared with Sotnikova and Shekhovtsova's marriage to the current Director General of the FSFR. On 30 May, the DC dismissed the complaint. It ruled Shekhovtsova "is not responsible for the judging panel's composition", her marriage did not create a conflict of interest, and since Sotnikova initiated the hug, Shekhovtsova did not break any rules by responding.[19][20][21]

As of June 2014, the KOC and KSU are considering appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[21]

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.[22] 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."[23]

Michelle Kwan, two-time Olympic silver medalist and five-time World champion, stated "Under the scoring system, hands down, Adelina won." (However, Kwan added "I personally enjoyed Yuna Kim's performance more".)[24] 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."[25] Tara Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic champion, together with Johnny Weir, the 2008 World bronze medalist, have also expressed their agreement with the judges' decision on Sotnikova's performance.[26] 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."[27] Alexei Mishin, the Russian 1969 world medalist and coach to three Olympic champions, said that "… Sotnikova's victory is absolutely natural and objective."[28]

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.'"[29] The free skating panel included two Russian officials, a Russian judge and a Ukrainian judge.[30] 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.[31] The technical panel, that oversees correct execution of elements, is headed by fellow Russian Alexander Lakernik.[14] Shekhovtseva was photographed hugging Sotnikova in the arena, raising another question of bias.[32] The detailed score sheet shows that one judge gave Adelina Sotnikova +3 grade of execution (GOE) on all except one element. In contrast, the score sheet of short program shows that one judge gave Yuna Kim +0 grade of execution on her triple flip, of which the NBC commentator Tracy Wilson commented as 'another perfect flip'.[9][14] French newspaper L'Equipe also reports accusations to Russia and US conspiring to help Russia on the figure skating events and US on ice dance events.[33]

Journalists and experts argued that scores given to Adelina Sotnikova were inflated both in the short and long programs. Many among them cite that certain judges gave generous scores along with fellow Russian competitor Yulia Lipnitskaya. In particular, numerous +3 grade of executions were handed out to the two Russian skaters as well as nods in component scores compared to other skaters.[13][14] Others noted that Sotnikova made a mistake by stepping out of one of her jumps which got a -0.9 grade of execution in the scorecards. 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?"[34][35] Sotnikova also made possible mistakes including a wrong-edged triple lutz and an under-rotated triple toe loop after triple lutz, which can be intentionally overlooked by the technical panel and in which judge panels didn't give any deduction mark. 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). Retired national-level figure skater Tim Gerber 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), as Sotnikova's step sequence elements in free skating didn't meet the requirements to get level four, and Kim's met the requirements enough to get level four.[36]

Katarina Witt, a two-time Olympic champion, stated "I am stunned by this result, I don’t understand the scoring."[37][38] Several experts have also pointed out how Kim and Kostner's programs have significantly better artistry, choreography and skill on ice that should translate to higher component marks to other skaters. One judge in the scoresheets gave out significantly lower marks to Kim and Kostner in the component marks. 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."[39] Four-time world champion Kurt Browning also expressed his surprise at the results, declaring that he did not understand how Kim and Sotnikova could have been so close in the programme component scores. He also pointed out how Sotnikova had her component scores boosted compared to her previous programs [40] Michael Weiss, a two-time world bronze medalist, wrote "couldn't disagree more that Yuna and Sotnikova had basically same Component marks?..in Both short & long? Home field inflation." Dick Button, two-time Olympic champion and longstanding skating analyst, commented: "Sotnikova was energetic, strong, commendable, but not a complete skater."[14][41]

A petition in Change.org against the results of the event demanding an investigation and rejudgment has amassed over 2 million supporters breaking several web traffic records on the website.[42]

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