All posts tagged "Adelina Sotnikova"

  • Kim Yuna has handled the controversy with nothing but class. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea to file judging complaint over skating star

    (Yonhap) — South Korea will file an official complaint with the international governing body for figure skating over the controversial composition of the judging panel for the ladies’ singles competition at this year’s Winter Olympics, officials said...

    • Posted March 21, 2014
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  • Figure skater Kim Yu-na speaks during an awards ceremony for the Sochi Olympic medalists at the Taeneung National Training Center in Seoul on March 3. (Yonhap)
    IOC deletes the comment Kim Yuna says she never made

      By Jung Min-ho The International Olympic Committee (IOC) falsely quoted Korean figure-skating star Kim Yu-na in a news story published on its website following the controversial women’s final, where Russian teenager Adelina Sotnikova edged Kim for...

    • Posted March 10, 2014
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    Two Russian Olympians bashed online by Koreans

    By Jung Min-ho Two Russian Olympians have been targeted for online bashing by Korean netizens. One is Adelina Sotnikova, who won a gold medal in women’s figure skating over Kim Yu-na in the just-ended Sochi Olympics. The...

    • Posted February 25, 2014
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  • Adelina Sotnikova of Russia competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
    [HOT LINKS] How Sotnikova Beat Kim, Move by Move – The New York Times

      A lot of people thought Kim Yuna was robbed of gold medal in Sochi. It didn’t help that the Ukrainian judge, Yuri Balkov, had been suspended for a year for trying to fix an event at the Winter...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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  • Kim Yuna, right, has a good reason for momentarily not looking as happy as the gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, middle, and the bronze medalist Carolina Kostner of Italia. (Yonhap)
    [HOT LINKS] Figure skating gold for Russia, but not without controversy …

      “I don’t want to say the fix was in, but we might have a better idea of where that $51 billion that Vladimir Putin spent on the Olympics went.” – Steve Politi / New Jersey Star-Ledger...

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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  • Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, centre, Kim Yuna 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 during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Sotnikova placed first, followed by Kim and Kostner. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
    Kim Yuna settles for silver

    South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna settled for the silver medal in the ladies’ singles competition at the Sochi Winter Games on Thursday. Kim earned 144.19 points in her free skate for the total of 219.11 points....

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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  • Kim Yuna of South Korea reacts after completing her routine in the women's short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
    Too close for comfort

    Kim Yuna leads after short program with season high score of 74.92 But, less than a point over Russian Sotnikova (74.64) and Italian Kostner (74.12) American Gold 4th (68.63), Lipnitskaia 5th (65.23), Asada 16th (55.51) South Korean...

    • Posted February 19, 2014
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