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Before the end of the Olympic season there were fewdays. In figure skating, not yet played out only one set of medals - in women's single skating. The contender for the highest award is quite a lot, so the fight in the short program was hot. Russia in this kind of program was presented by two girls - Julia Lipnitskaya and Adelina Sotnikova, who performed in the final warm-up. Great hopes were associated with Russian fans with young Julia Lipnitskaya, who already became Olympic champion thanks to team competitions. Julia really worked out her programs flawlessly and helped the team to get the maximum number of points. It is evident that the excitement and the active influence of the media did not have the best effect on the skating of Lipnitskaya. After all, about her victory, wrote many information publications, and in all the news talked about "the opening of a young figure skater." It is clear that a tremendous pressure was exerted on a 15-year-old athlete. As a result, she could not cope with the nerves, and, unfortunately, fell during her speech in the short program. The occasional fall on the triple flip cost Yulia Lipnitskaya almost ten points. By results of the short program the sportswoman could take only the fifth place. But nevertheless, the chances of a medal are not lost yet. In addition, a very strong opponent from Japan, Mao Asada, also fell out of the fight, which also fell with a jump of three and a half turns. The second Russian figure skater, Adeline Sotnikova, was able to cope with nerves and unerringly rolled back her short program, gaining 74.64 points . She only slightly lost to South Korean representative Kim Yu-Na (74.92 points). The preliminary third place is taken by the Italian, repeated world and European champion, Carolina Costner (74.12 points).