Team Event at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Evgeni Plushenko and Yulia Lipnitskaya after the flower ceremony
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Venue |
Iceberg Skating Palace Sochi, Russia |
Dates | 6–9 February 2014 |
Competitors | 75 from 10 nations |
Winning score | 75 |
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The team trophy was a competition of figure skating of the 2014 Winter Olympics held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.
The competition took place over three days between 6–9 February with the short programs taking place on 6 and 8 February, and the free skating and free dances taking place on 8 and 9 February.
The team event competition took place between 6–9 February. The official schedule was as follows:
All times are (UTC+4).
The following new best score was set during this competition:
Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) tied the record of four Olympic figure skating medals. (Gillis Grafström won four in the early years of the sport, in 1920–1932).
Yulia Lipnitskaya (RUS) became the second youngest Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, behind Maxi Herber who won pair skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Under modern age eligibility rules, Herber would have been 99 days too young to skate at the Olympics.
Member nations submitted the following entries: