“I consider myself involved in the fact that Russian hegemony has arrived in world women’s skating” – Sotnikova

Olympic figure skating champion Adeline Sotnikova in an interview with , she said she felt involved in the beginning of Russia’s global hegemony in the sport.

Sotnikova won the women’s singles skating tournament at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Alina Zagitova won the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, Anna Shcherbakova won gold in Beijing 2022.

— Russian figure skaters have always been at the top at the Olympics, but there was no gold in women’s individual skating until 2014, although Irina Slutskaya came close several times. You broke the losing streak, then came the victories of Alina Zagitova and Anna Shcherbakova. Do you consider yourself involved in the fact that after the 2014 World Championships, Russian hegemony began in women’s skating?

– Of course, I’m involved! If not how? I want to say that Irina Slutskaya is an excellent athlete. She defended the honor of our country for a very long time, competed a lot and achieved great success. Unfortunately, she couldn’t get the result I got. But they didn’t love him any less. She continues to shine, fans love and remember her. We don’t decide who gets first place. We just do our job: try to skate well, the judges decide everything. In her situation, the judges decided so,” Sotnikova told .

The Sochi Olympic Games took place from February 7 to 23, 2014.