The fifteen-year old Russian skater thrilled crowds with multiple triple-jumps and combinations to secure gold in the figure skating team event during day two of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
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Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
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Vladimir Putin pats Yulia Lipnitskaya on the head after her extraordinary performance. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
The Russian figure skating team celebrate their win on the podium. Left to right: Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, Evgeni Plushenko. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images
Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
Photograph: Wang Lili/xh/Xinhua Press/Corbis
Vladimir Putin pats Yulia Lipnitskaya on the head after her extraordinary performance. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
The Russian figure skating team celebrate their win on the podium. Left to right: Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov, Evgeni Plushenko. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters
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