SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- It was touted that a Russian had the best chances of winning, but not many expected that it would be Adelina Sotnikova to upset defending champion Yuna Kim and win gold in women's figure skating.
Not only did she win, it was not even close. Sotnikova finished with a score of 224.59, more than five points ahead of Kim, who was followed by Italian Carolin Kostner with a score of 216.73. Going into the free program, things were close between Kim and Sotnikova, with Kim having a slight edge. But an impressive performance during Sotnikova's second run helped her score 149.95, the best free program score for the night.