Queen Yuna reigns atop the leaderboard, but barely. Russia's 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova–Russia's new favorite teenager, as NBC commentator Terry Gannon put it–is at her heels, trailing Kim by a little over a quarter of a
NBCOlympics.com writer Nicholas McCarvel tweets word that Yuna Kim, whose bid to win a second consecutive Olympic gold was narrowly denied today by Russia's Adelina Sotnikova, has confirmed that she will retire after these Sochi Games at the age of
South Korea's Yuna Kim sits in first place after the short program and is hoping to add another gold medal to her resume. Meanwhile, Yulia Lipnitskaia is looking to recover from a disappointing first run, and Gracie Gold and
SOCHI, Russia — Adelina Sotnikova turned her final spin, then burst into tears. Sotnikova wasn't even Russia's top-ranked teenager in Sochi but the unheralded skater slayed a field full of veterans Thursday, to give Russia its first-ever Olympic gold
Kim Yuna the reigning women's figure skating Olympic champion was beaten by Russian Adelina Sotnikova today at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics: