We won’t be seeing Olympic gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova at the World Championships in Shanghai this year at all.
The 18-year-old Russian skater, who skated to gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, is taking off the season, according to ESPN.
However, despite tearing an ankle ligament in November 2014, Adelina is still competing on Dancing With The Stars Russia with pro dancer Gleb Savchenko.
“Although, I’m an athlete, I’m still worried,” Adelina wrote on Instagram with a shot of the dancing duo in the studio.
She added, “It’s a very different sport, but it’s great when your partner glebsavchenkoofficial always supports you.”
Meryl Davis and Charlie White take center ice for the last time during the Figure Skating Exhibition Gala at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics held at Iceberg Skating Palace on Saturday night (February 22) in Sochi, Russia.
The Ice Dance champions posed with fellow gold medalists Maxim Trankov and Tatiana Volosozhar (pairs), Adelina Sotnikova (ladies) and Yuzuru Hanyu (mens) after the show.
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“I wish I could tell every story… But as you can see I brought a banana to the hockey game so it’s obviously complicated… Loving every moment!!!” Charlie captioned on Instagram during the last days of the games, commemorating his experiences.
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Russia’s Adeline Sotnikova wraps herself in her country’s flag alongside Korea’s Yuna Kim and Italy’s Carolina Kostner, after winning the gold medal during the ladie’s free skate at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics held at Iceberg Skating Palace on Thursday night (February 20) in Sochi, Russia.
Adelina, 17, was passed over for the team event where Russia won gold with sensation Yulia Lipnitskaya — she ended up 5th, overall.
“I really wanted to participate in the team competition because I understood that we would win a medal because our team is so strong,” Adelina shared with press afterwards. “When I found out I was not in the team, I felt so sorry and I felt offended. I felt so cheated in a way. Anyway, I still had my goal to show this skating, the one that I did today. Maybe it is all for the best that I didn’t compete in the team competition and it was an advantage for me that it made me so mad to win the gold medal.”
Team USA’s Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner and Polina Edmunds were strong on the ice, with only a few falls on jumps between them. They all ended up in the top ten — Gracie, 4th, Ashley, 7th and Polina, 9th.
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Queen of Figure Skating, Yuna Kim stuns the crowd silent up until the very end of her performance during the Figure Skating Ladies’ Short Program at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics held at Iceberg Skating Palace on Wednesday night (February 19) in Sochi, Russia.
The reigning Olympic gold medalist, who hasn’t competed in a major competition for two years, came back and claimed the top spot ahead of Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova and Carolina Kostner of Italy, who are 2nd and 3rd.
Russia’s upcoming superstar Yulia Lipnitskaya placed 5th after a fall during her triple flip.
Japan’s Mao Asada, who claimed silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, currently sits in 16th place after she fell on her opening jump, a triple axel.
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