Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova in a conversation with a correspondent, she recalled the brightest moments of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.
The Sochi Olympic Games took place from February 7 to 23, 2014. During these Games, a team figure skating tournament took place for the first time. The Russian team, represented by Evgeny Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Tatyana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov, won it.
— The idea of creating a team tournament, in my opinion, is a good one. These competitions are always interesting to watch. I’m happy that we won gold then.
After that, there was an outstanding achievement by Elena Vodorezova’s student Adelina Sotnikova and gold in pair skating for Volosozhar and Trankova. Plus silver in couples (Stolbova/Klimov) and bronze in dance (Ilinykh/Katsalapov). For me, these are the highlights of the Olympic Games. I will not talk about Zhenya (Plushenko) withdrawing from the singles tournament,” Tarasova told .
Following the results of the Olympic Games in Sochi, the Russian team won the medal standings.
Source : MatchTV
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