Collected all gold

Adelina Sotnikova ended her career. She not only went around rivals in Sochi-2014, but also put her younger sister on her feet

Winter acts on skaters in the most slippery way. In December, Alina Zagitova said goodbye to professional sports. In February, two pairs waved the whole wing: Betina Popova with Sergey Mozgov and Natalya Zabiyako with Alexander Enbert. Ksenia Stolbova decided not to fall anymore after emissions, who won a lot of awards with Fedor Klimov. And after burning the scarecrow of Shrovetide, Adelina Sotnikova, our first Olympic champion in solitary skating, announced her care.

Of course, she seriously on a carnation she, in fact, hung it five years ago-after she lost the 2015 championship and did not break into the national team. However, all this time, a 23-year-old beauty, although she realized in her soul the absolute futility of returning to the ice tour to the “four” killers, retained the intrigue around her.

But after a difficult operation on the spine, which excited fans, it was already necessary to clarify the situation. And just to calm those who have been following her rotations all these years.

“Even for a performance in the show, I need muscle mass, but I do not have it. Weakness in the body. I feel that I have lost its shape. But the scar looks sexually ",

- Adeline tried to joke in the program of Boris Korchevnikov “The Fate of the Man”, where with tears in her eyes and told the sport “Farewell”.

... Today, many believe that Sotnikova did not fully realize her potential. Like, the European Forum did not submit to her, and on the only planetary rally and in the final of the adult “Grand Prix” she was left without medals. However, in my opinion, the Muscovite squeezed out the maximum. Yes, at the age of 12, she won the country's championship, repeating the achievement of her coach Elena Vodorezova, and smiled at the junior level, performing the two most difficult cascade at that time (triple Lutz - triple Rittberger, triple Salhov - triple rittberger) in the same program.

But, the heart on the heart, some phenomenal deposits and virtuoso technique, Adelinka still did not possess. But in it was felt inner power. The desire to stand out and declare yourself. I remember how in the “Krylatskoye” on the celebration of the winners of the Spartakiad, she without hesitation asked Vitaly Mutko to photograph her with Putin. Surprised by such persistence, the president asked:

"Are you probably our hope at the games in Sochi?" - "Yeah, the future Olympic champion!" - followed by a sonorous answer.

It was in 2009.

And in Sochi, the pupil of CSKA was by no means a favorite. “He will compete for bronze,” the experts reasoned, assuring that Yuna Kim and Julia Lipnitskaya would play gold. So, most likely, it would have happened. But the federation for participation in a team tournament, which preceded personal showdown, chose the ward of Eteri Tutberidze, which influenced the alleged alignment. The girl in a red coat, who made two branded rolls of Yevgeny Plushenko with a two -time Olympic champion, did not have enough strength for four rooms. And an angry at everyone and everything, but preserving the physical condition and combat mood of Adelin a week later, gave a crazy and unmistakable arbitrary performance and was ahead of the sum of two half an air korean in loneliness competitions.

"She rode this way for the first time in her life!"

- shouted Tatyana Tarasova in an iceberg filled to capacity, who was standing standing in history, a student of the RSUFK.

Probably, Sotnikova, who pulled out a happy ticket on her native ice, did not say goodbye to the audience shortly after the triumph only because her younger sister Masha, suffering from a rare disease, needed surgery, treatment and, accordingly, money.

“I have to win to save my sister,” Adelina often repeated. And she continued to win. But only in "Dancing with the Stars" and in the "Ice Age". In 2017, the athlete, who had already ceased to be a member of the national team, escaped from Elena Germanovna to Evgenia Plushenko, in order to try to return to a professional cage, but to deceive herself and figure skating, which sharply rushed forward, did not work out.

Before each season, Sotnikov, who also started his own business, reported that she misses a year for health reasons, while speaking in various fairy -tale productions and shows. However, Adeline did not do anything reprehensible and simply competently attracted attention to her person. Agree, all this time she was in hearing and in business. And thanks to her fees and prize, as well as with the help of the Chulpan Hamatova Foundation, Masha was put on her feet in Germany.

Of course, the final path of the steps of Adelina Sotnikova turned out to be belated. But the first in the history of the country of the Olympic champion in women's single skating is excusable.