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The pair skating competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The short program was held on 11 February, and the free skating on 12 February. [ 1 ]
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
Denis Ten's bronze medal was Kazakhstan's first Olympic medal in figure skating. [16] Carolina Kostner's bronze medal was Italy's first Olympic medal in a singles event. [17] [18] Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) tied the record of four Olympic figure skating medals (Gillis Grafström won four in the early years of the sport, in 1920–1932). [19]
In the men's 10000 metres, the top three skaters were from the Netherlands, the fourth time they had won all three medals in a speed skating event during these Olympics. Jorrit Bergsma posted a Track and Olympic record time of 12:44.45 to win the gold. Sven Kramer finished second, with Bob de Jong finished third. [111]
The 2013–14 figure skating season began on July 1, 2013, and ended on June 30, 2014. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2014 European Championships , Four Continents Championships , World Junior Championships , and World Championships , as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics .
Members from the 2022 U.S. Olympic figure skating team are being awarded historic gold medals nearly two years after the Beijing Olympics thanks to a Russian doping scandal.
In 1995, the International Skating Union brought five of the most popular senior events together into a series offering prize money [1] in response to the then-success of professional skating. [2] The events were Skate America , Skate Canada International , Trophée de France , Nations Cup (later known as Sparkassen Cup and Bofrost Cup), and ...
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