Athletistic / Figure skating. Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova of Russia has explained how she prepared before competing at the 2014 Games in Sochi. It was there that she won her main victory in her sporting career.

“At the Olympic Games in Sochi, nothing scared me. That is, at that time I walked like a tank. I didn’t care about anyone and everything! Either I do it now, and I’m a star, either I…” – Match TV quotes Sotnikova saying “.

Adelina Sotnikova became second in the short program at the 2014 Olympic figure skating tournament, behind South Korean Kim Young Ah (0.28 points behind her). The Russian became the first in the free program and won the Olympics. Adeline’s total score for the sum of the short and free programs was 224.59. Note that before her, in the entire history of the Olympic Games, representatives of the USSR or Russia had never won gold in women’s single skating.

In March 2020, Adelina Sotnikova announced her retirement from sports.


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