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).Carolina Kostner's bronze medal was Italy's first Olympic medal in a singles event.Denis Ten's bronze medal was Kazakhstan's first Olympic medal in figure skating.Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S.It was also the first time that the men's event had been won by an Asian athlete. Yuzuru Hanyu's gold medal was Japan's first Olympic gold in the men's event.For the first time, in the men's singles event, all three of the medalists in an Olympic figure skating event were of Asian descent.Also, in winning the team trophy, Russia became the first nation to win gold medals in all five events. Adelina Sotnikova's gold medal was Russia's first Olympic gold in the ladies event, making Russia the first country to have won Olympic gold medals in all four figure skating disciplines.Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) set a new world record in the men's short program with a score of 101.45 points, the first score to break the 100 points barrier in the short program.Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov ( RUS) The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition: See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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