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[HOT LINKS] Figure skating gold for Russia, but not without controversy …

February 20, 2014
Kim Yuna, right, has a good reason for momentarily not looking as happy as the gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, middle, and the bronze medalist Carolina Kostner of Italia. (Yonhap)

Kim Yuna, right, has a good reason for momentarily not looking as happy as the gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, middle, and the bronze medalist Carolina Kostner of Italia. (Yonhap)

 

“I don’t want to say the fix was in, but we might have a better idea of where that $51 billion that Vladimir Putin spent on the Olympics went.” – Steve Politi / New Jersey Star-Ledger Columnist

[NJ.COM] There’s a lot of controversy surrounding Kim Yuna’s second place finish behind Adelina Sotnikova of Russia in one of the marquee events in the Winter Games, but what Steve Politi of The New Jersey Star-Ledger said in his column on Thursday was classic.

The 22-year old American skater Ashley Wagner was also very blunt with her criticism. After being pushed down to 7th place, she wanted to know how skaters who fall down can be placed higher than those who skate clean. A Good question.

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