Saturday 22 February 2014

''Scandal in Sochi''


 Stoic: Kim did not question the judges' scoring of her program at the press conference following the figure skating finals
More than 1.7 million people have signed a Change.org petition demanding that an investigation into the judging decisions in Thursday night's women's figure skating competition be opened.

On Thursday night, Russian 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova won the figure skating gold medal over reigning Olympic champion Yuna Kim, 23, from South Korea.

Sotnikova finished with a total score of 224.59, beating Kim's score of 219.11 by 5.48 points after the free skate program, becoming the first female Russian skater to win in the category.
Controversial win: Adelina Sotnikova of Russia (center), Yuna Kim of South Korea (left) and Carolina Kostner of Italy stand on the podium during the flower ceremony for the women's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace
Kim would have been the third woman in history to defend her Olympic gold medal after her landslide win at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where she beat her closest rival by 23.06 points.

However, that title eluded her when Sotnikova was announced as the gold-medal winner with Kim in second and Italian Carolina Kostner with bronze.

 Triumph: Gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women's Free Figure Skating on day fourteen of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

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