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Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating. 45 points, the first score to break the 100 points barrier in the short program. Adelina Sotnikova’s gold medal was Russia’s first Olympic gold in the ladies event, making Russia the first country to have won Olympic gold medals in all four figure skating disciplines.

For the first time, in the men’s singles event, all three of the medalists in an Olympic figure skating event were of Asian descent. Yuzuru Hanyu’s gold medal was Japan’s first Olympic gold in the men’s event. It was also the first time that the men’s event had been won by an Asian athlete. Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the first Olympic gold medal for the U. Denis Ten’s bronze medal was Kazakhstan’s first Olympic medal in figure skating.

Carolina Kostner’s bronze medal was Italy’s first Olympic medal in a singles event. Olympic gold medalist in figure skating under modern rules. She also became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the ladies’ discipline. The following is the competition schedule for all five events.

The United States’ selection of Ashley Wagner over Mirai Nagasu for the Olympic team caused some controversy as Nagasu finished ahead of Wagner at the 2014 U. The fact that the second-place finisher, Polina Edmunds, was also selected over Nagasu despite having no senior international experience also led to some calls of racism. However, Edmunds’ lack of senior experience was a consequence of earlier selection decisions taken by U. This was the first time that U. Figure Skating selected a skater who had competed in the pre-Olympic nationals and lost over another on who had also competed.