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Ladies' singles at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Figure skating pictogram
Venue	Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia
Dates	19 February 2014 (short program) 20 February 2014 (free skate)
Competitors	30 from 20 nations
Winning score	224.59
Medalists
Adelina Sotnikova  Russia Kim Yuna  South Korea Carolina Kostner  Italy
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Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Singles	men	ladies
Pairs	mixed
Ice dance	mixed
Team trophy	mixed
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The ladies' single skating competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The short program took place on 19 February 2014, and the free skating took place on 20 February. Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, the hosting country, won the gold medal. The results of the competition caused controversies over the scoring and judging.

Records

There were no ISU best scores set in this competition. The scores stood at:

Component	Skater	Score	Date	Event	Ref
Short program	Kim Yuna (KOR)	78.50	23 February 2010	2010 Winter Olympics
Free skating		150.06	25 February 2010
Total score		228.56

The following ISU season best scores (2013-2014) were set during this competition:

Component	Skaters	Score	Date	Ref
Short program	Kim Yuna (KOR)	74.92	19 February 2014
Free skating	Adelina Sotnikova (RUS)	149.95	20 February 2014
Total score		224.59

Schedule

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

Results

Short program

The short program (SP) took place on 19 February 2014.

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Kim Yuna	South Korea	74.92	39.03	35.89	9.04	8.61	9.11	8.89	9.21	0.00	17
2	Adelina Sotnikova	Russia	74.64	39.09	35.55	8.82	8.57	9.11	8.89	9.04	0.00	29
3	Carolina Kostner	Italy	74.12	37.49	36.63	9.00	8.79	9.36	9.25	9.39	0.00	26
4	Gracie Gold	United States	68.63	36.55	32.08	8.04	7.71	8.14	8.04	8.18	0.00	22
5	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Russia	65.23	33.15	33.08	8.43	8.07	8.14	8.43	8.29	–1.00	25
6	Ashley Wagner	United States	65.21	31.43	33.78	8.39	8.11	8.61	8.50	8.61	0.00	27
7	Polina Edmunds	United States	61.04	32.98	28.06	7.11	6.71	7.21	6.93	7.11	0.00	12
8	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	60.97	28.71	32.26	8.18	7.79	8.00	8.11	8.25	0.00	24
9	Maé Bérénice Méité	France	58.63	30.83	27.80	7.07	6.64	7.04	6.93	7.07	0.00	28
10	Nathalie Weinzierl	Germany	57.63	31.94	25.69	6.50	6.14	6.57	6.36	6.54	0.00	18
11	Li Zijun	China	57.55	30.01	27.54	7.07	6.57	6.96	6.89	6.93	0.00	23
12	Valentina Marchei	Italy	57.02	27.52	29.50	7.32	7.04	7.54	7.36	7.61	0.00	21
13	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	56.18	27.51	28.67	7.18	6.96	7.18	7.14	7.39	0.00	8
14	Zhang Kexin	China	55.80	32.68	23.12	6.11	5.61	5.79	5.75	5.64	0.00	7
15	Kanako Murakami	Japan	55.60	26.72	28.88	7.39	6.93	7.25	7.21	7.32	0.00	20
16	Mao Asada	Japan	55.51	22.63	33.88	8.57	8.29	8.14	8.64	8.71	–1.00	30
17	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	54.70	27.51	27.19	6.89	6.50	6.89	6.71	7.00	0.00	16
18	Kim Haejin	South Korea	54.37	29.23	25.14	6.54	5.89	6.39	6.11	6.50	0.00	11
19	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	52.61	28.07	24.54	6.32	5.93	6.11	6.14	6.18	0.00	3
20	Elizaveta Ukolova	Czech Republic	51.87	29.72	22.15	5.64	5.32	5.61	5.61	5.50	0.00	14
21	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	49.80	26.63	23.17	5.89	5.50	5.93	5.79	5.86	0.00	13
22	Brooklee Han	Australia	49.32	26.37	22.95	5.82	5.54	5.86	5.68	5.79	0.00	9
23	Park So-Youn	South Korea	49.14	25.35	23.79	6.14	5.68	6.00	5.89	6.04	0.00	2
24	Anne Line Gjersem	Norway	48.56	26.13	22.43	5.68	5.36	5.71	5.50	5.79	0.00	15
Did not advance to free skating
25	Jenna McCorkell	Great Britain	48.34	25.34	23.00	5.89	5.36	6.04	5.71	5.75	0.00	5
26	Kerstin Frank	Austria	48.00	26.64	21.36	5.61	5.14	5.39	5.39	5.18	0.00	6
27	Viktoria Helgesson	Sweden	47.84	21.83	27.01	7.11	6.57	6.50	6.82	6.75	–1.00	19
28	Natalia Popova	Ukraine	47.42	24.30	23.12	6.00	5.54	5.82	5.82	5.71	0.00	4
29	Elena Glebova	Estonia	46.19	22.59	23.60	6.11	5.75	5.89	5.89	5.86	0.00	1
30	Isadora Williams	Brazil	40.37	18.93	21.44	5.39	5.14	5.39	5.39	5.50	0.00	10

Free skate

The free skate took place on 20 February 2014.

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded	StN
1	Adelina Sotnikova	Russia	149.95	75.54	74.41	9.18	8.96	9.43	9.50	9.43	0.00	21
2	Kim Yuna	South Korea	144.19	69.69	74.50	9.21	8.96	9.43	9.39	9.57	0.00	24
3	Mao Asada	Japan	142.71	73.03	69.68	8.75	8.36	8.79	8.79	8.86	0.00	12
4	Carolina Kostner	Italy	142.61	68.84	73.77	9.14	8.71	9.43	9.21	9.61	0.00	20
5	Gracie Gold	United States	136.90	69.57	68.33	8.57	8.25	8.61	8.64	8.64	–1.00	22
6	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Russia	135.34	66.28	70.06	8.68	8.46	8.68	9.00	8.96	–1.00	19
7	Ashley Wagner	United States	127.99	61.07	66.92	8.46	8.07	8.50	8.36	8.43	0.00	23
8	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	125.35	60.57	65.78	8.36	7.82	8.21	8.29	8.43	–1.00	15
9	Polina Edmunds	United States	122.21	63.02	60.19	7.54	7.29	7.57	7.61	7.61	–1.00	17
10	Valentina Marchei	Italy	116.31	55.56	60.75	7.46	7.18	7.75	7.71	7.86	0.00	16
11	Maé-Bérénice Méité	France	115.90	60.86	56.04	7.11	6.57	7.14	7.07	7.14	–1.00	14
12	Kanako Murakami	Japan	115.38	56.96	58.42	7.54	6.93	7.36	7.32	7.36	0.00	10
13	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	112.80	55.97	57.83	7.25	6.96	7.32	7.25	7.36	–1.00	7
14	Li Zijun	China	110.75	55.79	54.96	7.04	6.57	6.82	6.96	6.96	0.00	13
15	Zhang Kexin	China	98.41	49.84	48.57	6.43	5.71	6.11	6.14	5.96	0.00	11
16	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	95.83	48.40	47.43	6.11	5.75	5.82	6.00	5.96	0.00	3
17	Kim Haejin	South Korea	95.11	45.25	50.86	6.61	6.07	6.29	6.50	6.32	–1.00	9
18	Brooklee Han	Australia	94.52	48.71	46.81	6.00	5.43	5.96	5.86	6.00	–1.00	2
19	Park So-Youn	South Korea	93.83	48.72	46.11	6.04	5.50	5.82	5.75	5.71	–1.00	1
20	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	92.45	39.85	53.60	6.93	6.32	6.75	6.75	6.75	–1.00	8
21	Nathalie Weinzierl	Germany	89.73	38.47	52.26	6.71	6.39	6.46	6.64	6.46	–1.00	18
22	Anne Line Gjersem	Norway	85.98	41.24	44.74	5.64	5.32	5.61	5.71	5.68	0.00	5
23	Elizaveta Ukolova	Czech Republic	84.55	42.94	43.61	5.61	5.29	5.29	5.68	5.39	–2.00	4
24	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	75.20	30.39	45.81	5.82	5.54	5.50	5.89	5.89	–1.00	6

Overall

The skaters are ranked according to their overall score.

Rank	Name	Nation	TP	SP		FS
	Adelina Sotnikova	Russia	224.59	2	74.64	1	149.95
	Kim Yuna	South Korea	219.11	1	74.92	2	144.19
	Carolina Kostner	Italy	216.73	3	74.12	4	142.61
4	Gracie Gold	United States	205.53	4	68.63	5	136.90
5	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Russia	200.57	5	65.34	6	135.34
6	Mao Asada	Japan	198.22	16	55.51	3	142.71
7	Ashley Wagner	United States	193.20	6	65.21	7	127.99
8	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	186.32	8	60.97	8	125.35
9	Polina Edmunds	United States	183.25	7	61.04	9	122.21
10	Maé-Bérénice Méité	France	174.53	9	58.63	11	115.90
11	Valentina Marchei	Italy	173.33	12	57.02	10	116.31
12	Kanako Murakami	Japan	170.98	15	55.60	12	115.38
13	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	168.98	13	56.18	13	112.80
14	Li Zijun	China	168.30	11	57.55	14	110.75
15	Zhang Kexin	China	154.21	14	55.80	15	98.41
16	Kim Haejin	South Korea	149.48	18	54.37	17	95.11
17	Gabrielle Daleman	Canada	148.44	19	52.61	16	95.83
18	Nathalie Weinzierl	Germany	147.36	10	57.63	21	89.73
19	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	147.15	17	54.70	20	92.45
20	Brooklee Han	Australia	143.84	22	49.32	18	94.52
21	Park So-Youn	South Korea	142.97	23	49.14	19	93.83
22	Elizaveta Ukolova	Czech Republic	136.42	20	51.87	23	84.55
23	Anne Line Gjersem	Norway	134.54	24	48.56	22	85.98
24	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	125.00	21	49.80	24	75.20
Did not advance to free skating
25	Jenna McCorkell	Great Britain	48.34	25	48.34	—
26	Kerstin Frank	Austria	48.00	26	48.00	—
27	Viktoria Helgesson	Sweden	47.84	27	47.84	—
28	Natalia Popova	Ukraine	47.42	28	47.42	—
29	Jelena Glebova	Estonia	46.19	29	46.19	—
30	Isadora Williams	Brazil	40.37	30	40.37	—

Controversies

After the final scores were made official, questions arose regarding whether Adelina Sotnikova's performance deserved higher scores than the performances of Kim Yuna and Carolina Kostner. Questions over the judges, the judging system, and the anonymity of scores were also raised.

When asked about the judging, Kim Yuna replied that "I'm not in the right position to comment on it. And my words can change nothing."

Fox Sports's Peter Schrager pointed out that judging controversies are common in figure skating, it should be expected and "this will blow over".

Criticism of the results

USA Today reported "A high-ranking Olympic figure skating official … said the geographic makeup of the judging panel 'was clearly slanted towards … Sotnikova.'" The free skating panel included two Russian officials, a Russian judge and an Ukrainian judge. Journalists questioned the appointments of Russian judge Alla Shekhovtsova, the wife of the former president and the current general director of Figure Skating Federation of Russia Valentin Piseev, and Ukrainian judge Yuri Balkov, who was suspended for a year after the allegation of match fixing in 1998 Winter Olympics. Furthermore, Shekhovtseva was photographed hugging Sotnikova in the arena, raising another question of bias. The detailed score sheet shows that one judge gave Sotnikova +3 grade of execution (GOE) on all except one element.

Some journalists and experts argued that scores given to Adelina Sotnikova were too high. They pointed out Sotnikova stepped out of one of her jumps. Furthermore, Carolina Kostner had completed the same number of triple jumps as Sotnikova but without any major errors, yet Sotnikova received a higher Technical Element Score (TES). Some also felt that Kostner's performance was more artistic and better choreographed, but Sotnikova got a higher Program Component Score (PCS). ISU technical specialist Tim Gerber claimed that Sotnikova's triple triple combination jump should have received wrong edge and under rotation. Gerber also asserted that the step sequence levels were not correctly awarded for Kim and Sotnikova. He stated that Kim's step sequence should have received a level four (instead of three) and Sotnikova's step sequence should have received a level three (instead of four).

Support for the results

On 20 February 2014, The New York Times published a technical assessment of the competition titled "How Sotnikova Beat Kim" with a point-by-point and jump-by-jump comparison of the performances of the two skaters. The New York Times also reported in a conjointly published article that Sotnikova's routine was athletically challenging stating that: "Sotnikova scored higher on the technical merit of her program. For instance, Kim did not attempt a triple loop or a double axel, triple toe loop combination, as Sotnikova did."

International Skating Union response

On 21 February 2014, the International Skating Union (ISU) issued a statement declaring their confidence "in the high quality and integrity of the ISU judging system". Adding "judges were selected by random drawing from a pool of 13 potential judges" and all nine judges on the free skating panel were from different nations. The statement also asserted all rules and procedures were applied during the competition and no official protest had been filed by any participating nation concerning the results of the competition.

Experts' views

Michelle Kwan, two-time Olympic medalist and five-time World champion, stated "Under the scoring system, hands down, Adelina won."

Katarina Witt, a two-time Olympic champion, was stunned by the result and she claimed that Kim was the true gold medalist, saying "there would be no change for the result, but we must have a discussion on the judgment. Michael Weiss, a two-time world bronze medalist, wrote "couldn't disagree more that Yuna &Satnikova had basically same Component marks?..in Both short & long? Home field inflation." Ryan Bradley, 2011 US champion, asked "Are we just going to ignore that she botched the landing of her 3 jump and pretend she was perfect?"

The Canadian three-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist Elvis Stojko responded "It was totally fair, Adelina was ready. Kim didn't have enough technical ammunition." The American Tara Lipinski, an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating together with Johnny Weir, a former world bronze medalist, have also expressed their approval of the judges' decision on Sotnikova's performance. Scott Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic champion, said that while Sotnikova's skating is not as aesthetically pleasing as Kim's, her athletic style "checks off every box" and "does everything the judges are looking for." Alexei Mishin, a Russian figure skating coach, with a long-time rivalry with Sotnikova's choreographer Tatiana Tarasova, said that "I can say one thing: the victory of Adelina Sotnikova is absolutely natural and objective."

Public's opinions

• The following is the opinons and poll results of the public that consists of those who may or may not be knowledgeable about figure skating.

GoldenSkate (www.goldenskate.com), one of the biggest online forums on figure skating, has a discussion thread titled 'The Judging Controversy Thread' where thousands of replies have been posted, which reflect what individuals interested in figure skating think about the controversy.

A poll result by today.yougov.com shows how fair/unfair people think the judging system was in figure skating (all figure skating events) together with the comparison with the ones in other sports events at this Olympic games.

A sports channel, ESPN opened an online poll, the following day of the event, asking who people think deserved the gold medal. This poll has two seperate poll results - one result with 16,000 participants within US and another poll with 8,800 participant outside US while the distribution of nationalities of the participants are not surveyed despite the possible self-selection bias caused by both Russians as well as South Koreans.

An unofficial petition on Change.org asking for an open investigation and demanding rejudgement has reached over 2 million signatures.

In South Korea, the top trending topics on Twitter after the event included 홈쿠킹 (Home Cooking), #overscoring, 가산점 (Bonus Points), 편파판정 (Biased judgment) and #yunawasrobbed.

Korean Olympic Committee complaint

One month after the competition, on 21 March 2014, news articles stated that the Korean Olympic Committee intended to file an official complaint to the International Skating Union for the reason of violation of ethics (ISU regulation Article 24). This is based on the composition of the judging panel, which included Alla Shekhovtsova and Yuri Balkov.

On 24 March 2014, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported the Korean Olympic Committee had filed an official complaint to the International Skating Union on the composition of the judging panel. Additionally, "the complaint demands that the ISU conduct a thorough investigation and urges for reform." However, a Korean Olympic Committee spokesman disclosed Kim Yuna's scores will not be challenged and results cannot be overturned.

Judges and officials

Short Program judges

Free Skate judges

• Technical controller: Alexander Lakernik
• Technical specialist: Vanessa Gusmeroli
• Assistant technical specialist: Olga Baranova
• Referee: Diana Barbacci Levy
• Data operator: David Santee
• Replay operator: Alexander Kuznetsov

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