Tag Archives: Adelina Sotnikova

“Ice Stories”: a figure skating gala to welcome spring in St. Petersburg

Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov, Adelina Sotnikova, Maxim Kovtun, Ivan Righini and many skaters from Elena Berezhnaya’s “St. Petersburg Ice Theatre” were all in Yubileyny Sports Palace, on March 6th, in a figure skating show…

2014 Worlds in Saitama: no reason to disregard the event. On the contrary

The defending World champions won’t be in Saitama – and, except for Yuzuru Hanyu, the Olympic champions won’t be there either. Still, there’s a ton of reasons why you shouldn’t overlook this year’s edition of…

Letter to ISU office holders: “People deserve to know if a mistake was made”

A month after the ladies’ event at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, people are still questioning the result, with the Russian Adelina Sotnikova winning the gold medal ahead of Yuna Kim, the defending Olympic champion. And…

Something is rotten in the state of Sochi: analyzing Ladies’ short program

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi reached an end last night – but what stays in the minds of many is the huge controversy in the ladies’ figure skating event, showing resemblance to the pairs’…

The Ladies’ Final: an Olympic masquerade

Let me tell just that: I congratulate myself for not spending a fortune in order to watch the Ladies’ Olympic event live, in Sochi; I would have died a little. To put it bluntly, nights…