CAROLINA KOSTNER : 2014 SOCHI BRONZE MEDALIST FOR LADIES' FIGURE SKATING

Carolina Kostner won the Olympic Bronze medal for Ladies' Figure Skating this year. Her 2 last Olympics had been disastrous, so I'm happy that she finally won a medal. As I did with Adelina Sotnikova, I will list 5 facts about Carolina Kostner of Italy.

5 interesting and impressive facts about Carolina Kostner:

• Known for her speed across the ice
• Lands triple-triple combinations
• Won gold at the 2012 Nice World Championships
• Won gold at the 2011-2012 Grand Prix Final
• 5 time European champion

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(SIGH) I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE...

My last post was about how unfair the ladies' figure skating Olympics in Sochi were... unfortunately, I guess I should say something positive about Adelina Sotnikova. So here goes...


5 interesting and impressive facts about Adelina Sotnikova:

•  She won gold at the Junior Grand Prix 2010- 2011 in Beijing
• Known for her high and big jumps
• 1st Russian woman to win gold in the ladies' single Olympic event
• Her total score in the Sochi Olympics: 224.59
• She said after winning, " This is the happiest day of my life"

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HOW UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This year's ladies figure skating at the Olympics in Sochi was COMPLETELY UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kim Yuna, my inspiration and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist for ladies figure skating came in second to Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, who won gold. One reason this is COMPLETELY UNFAIR is because one, the judges gave Adelina a higher score because she was Russian. In fact, all of the Russian competitors got a higher score than they deserved! For example: Yulia Lipnitskaya, the Russian 15 year old who was predicted to win gold (she didn't even place in the top 3 though) came in 5th after falling 2 times in each of her 2 performances! Ashley Wagner, an American, came in 7th, though making no mistakes! It's also unfair because two, Adelina tripped once in each of her 2 performances. Kim Yuna made no mistakes, though she attempted slightly less technically difficult jumps, such as the triple salchow. This is what caused her a lower score, but at the same time, the jumps were still very technically difficult, and the whole situation was so outrageous it had about 3 separate articles in the New York Times.






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WINTER OLMPICS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is the Winter Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The figure skating will be intense, according to the last Olympics when Kim Yuna beat Mao Asada. I wonder if Mao Asada will try again at the competition? Will Kim Yuna? Also, there's pair skating to look forward to!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!