Sotnikova: “At the Olympics in Sochi, I had only one path: from the hall to training and back”

Olympic figure skating champion Adeline Sotnikova told that during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, she only went to training and sat in her room.

Sotnikova is the first Olympic women’s singles skating champion in Russian history.

— They say that the atmosphere at the Sochi Olympic Games is something incredible. Did you manage to take full advantage of it? Or was all this masked by initial nervousness?

— Before the competition, I had only one path: from the gym to training and back. I had nothing else. I tried to distract myself from everything that was happening. Yes, I understood that it was the Olympic Games, a vacation. Many athletes finished the competition and just walked around, had fun, relaxed and walked around the Olympic Village, where various events were held. They went to Krasnaya Polyana. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do it. Because we basically closed the competition. So the most memorable moment of the Games for me was the final pose at the end of the program.

— “Iceberg” is an emblematic palace of Russian figure skaters. How do you feel when you find yourself there again?

“Every time I come to Sochi and go to the Iceberg, a picture appears before my eyes: a full stadium, I have to go out for a six-minute warm-up, and then play,” Sotnikova told .