“Sotnikova opened the page of Olympic victories in women’s figure skating” – Averbukh

Olympic silver medalist, choreographer and director Ilya Averbukh told that the success Adeline Sotnikova at the Olympic Games in Sochi were historic and opened the era of Olympic victories in women’s single skating for Russia.

The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics took place from February 7 to 23. Sotnikova won the gold medal with 224.59 total points. Korean Kim Young Ah won silver, while Italian Carolina Costner took bronze.

— Of course, it’s a historic victory. The first Russian figure skater became Olympic champion in individual competition. Before that, Yulia Lipnitskaya was already a team Olympic champion, but the most valuable gold in figure skating is individual gold. Adelina Sotnikova won it.

Adeline, of course, was one of the favorites at that time. She was in very good shape. The main thing was to deal with myself. She did everything brilliantly, skated brilliantly.

She opened the page of Olympic victories to us forever. After that, our girls no longer give Olympic gold to anyone. She definitely won deservedly,” Averbukh told .