17-Year-Old Gold Medalist Issues Ominous Warning To The Figure Skating World
At her day-after press conference she delivered this fantastic quote (via the Associated Press):
"I want all the gold that there is out there - everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions."
That is a Kobe Bryant-level quote.
Adelina Sotnikova is coming to take all of your medals.
While the numbers seem to show that Sotnikova's highly technical routine was deserving a gold medal, she's still coming under fire for upsetting the favored Yuna Kim.
What's getting lost in all of this is Sotnikova's age. She only 17 years old. She's already one of the most athletic skaters in the world, and people seem to think her artistry will come with age.
Thursday night was the first time she put together a free skate of that level. We'll see if she uses that newfound confidence to become world's best over multiple a larger sample size.