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Post by Admin on Mar 17, 2014 22:57:37 GMT
The Russian figure skating federation says Olympic gold medallists Adelina Sotnikova, and Maxim Trankov and Tatiana Volosozhar won't be going to this month's world championships in Japan. In a statement on the federation's website, president Alexander Gorshkov says the federation decided not to send Sotnikova in order to give her a chance to rest and prepare for next season. Trankov and Volosozhar chose not to enter the worlds.
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Post by Admin on Apr 17, 2014 6:08:11 GMT
adelinasotnikova #love#me#happy#japan#nagoya✌️
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Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2014 21:09:30 GMT
Olympic gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova grabs a pic with bronze medalist Carolina Kostner and ice dancer Maia Shibutani during practice for Stars on Ice Japan late last week. The 17-year-old figure skater joined her peers on the ice ahead of their first show in Sapporo. “With beautiful girls? @maiashibutani and Carolina ??,” Adelina captioned on her new, official Twitter and Instagram. She looks so happy to be there! Also spotted on the ice and in the pics below: Maia‘s brother and ice dance partner, Alex Shibutani, silver medalist Patrick Chan, silver ice dance medalist Tessa Virtue and bronze medalist Denis Ten, among many others. adelinasotnikova I will miss you...
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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2014 13:52:10 GMT
An International Skating Union committee has ruled that there was no judging bias in Russian Adelina Sotnikova's gold medal win over South Korea's Yuna Kim at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. This comes in response to the Korean Olympic Committee and Korean Skating Union's formal complaint alleging that figure skating judge Alla Shekhovtseva, wife of the former president of the Russian skating federation, tipped the scores in Sotnikova's favor during the ladies' long program. The theory gained further traction when judge Shekhovtseva was seen giving Sotnikova a congratulatory embrace after the event In an opinion dated May 30, a three-person ISU committee said it's not considered a conflict of interest when national federation presidents judge events. "Even less of a conflict of interest arises when the wife is judging and the husband, the Director General, is not officiating in the same competition," the statement read. Ultimately, the panel dismissed the complaint, ruling, "The judging of [Shekhovtseva] was neither biased nor partial to the Russian skater Sotnikova. ... The Alleged Offender did not deliberately or negligently breach the rules; she responded reflexively when the skater raised her arms for an embrace."
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Post by Admin on Jul 31, 2014 22:47:51 GMT
Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in ladies’ singles figure skating Adelina Sotnikova told RIA Novosti that she misses the spirit of competition and has gained a new perspective on her career as a result of the Olympics. In 2014 Sotnikova, 18, became the first Russian gold medalist in the ladies’ singles at the Olympics. Since the Games, the figure skater has not competed, spending her time traveling and enjoying some well-deserved rest before heading to Italy to train in July. “After what I experienced at the Olympics I’d love to go through those emotions again. I think it helps. I will try and find the adrenaline rush that I need on my own,” Sotnikova said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Хорошего дня всем!) а нам еще немножко!) @ Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium “In Japan we toured city after city, and then the organizers told us they had a surprise for us. When we realized they were taking us to an amusement park in Nagoya, we screamed with joy … I wanted that adrenaline rush and I got it there,” she continued. Sotnikova also noted that she had become more conscious of what kind of routines she prepared and the way she did it. After the Olympics I grew up. I feel that my perspective not only on sport, but on life in general has changed. I look differently at my skating now. I want to show people that I deserved to be an Olympic champion, that it was not a coincidence, that I’ve got a gold medal for a reason!” Adelina Sotnikova was born on July 1, 1996. She is the Sochi 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist, a five-time medalist of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series and a four-time Russian national champion.
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