Foreign media have raised questions about the judging during Thursday night’s women’s ice skating finals at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
 
AFP said South Korea’s Kim Yu-na, who won silver, was dethroned by Russia's Adelina Sotnikova who won a controversial title despite an error in one of her combination jumps.
 
U.S. daily the Chicago Tribune said Sotnikova is Russia’s first women’s Olympic singles champion due to a judges’ decision that “may go down as among the most questionable in figure skating’s checkered history.”
 
French daily, L'Équipe, said judging scandals could discredit the sport.