Sochi – Sotnikova (Russia), despite the error of two-footed a double loop in her combination jumps captured Russia’s first ever women’s individual gold as defending champion and red-hot favorite Kim Yu-Na was dumped into the silver medal position.
The teenager improved her free skate score by a massive 18 points to take a third skating title in Sochi for hosts Russia.
The former world champion Kostner said, ‘I just have faith that the judges made the right decision’