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Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Figure Skating
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Venue Iceberg Skating Palace, Sochi, Russia
Dates 6–22 February 2014
Competitors 149 from 30 nations
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Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. The five events took place between 6–22 February 2014. For the first time at the Winter Olympics a figure skating team event was held.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Other records and firsts:

The following is the competition schedule for all five events.

All times are (UTC+4).

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.S. Championships. The results at the pre-Olympic nationals often play a major role in the decision process but U.S. Figure Skating never stated that they would be the only results considered. Wagner was selected on the body of her work, instead of her performance at that event.

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 U.S. Figure Skating's earlier selection decisions. Despite winning the U.S. junior title, she was not selected for the World Junior Championships in the 2012-13 season, which would have allowed her to get senior assignments at the start of the 2013-14 season.

This was the first time that U.S. Figure Skating selected a skater who had competed in the pre-Olympic nationals and lost over another on who had also competed. On previous occasions, this was done for skaters who had been injured and unable to compete at nationals.


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