She was simply happy because all the stress from the competition has ended and she is going into retirement. She is not cry because she didn't get the gold medal. :)

Yuna, You are truly Champion. The whole world knows You deserved 'Gold".

This was heart-rending! One of the world's best athlete's has to face at a fairly young age that life is not always fair, yet she handled it with tearful grace!

Do not worry Yuna, you are the best, we all know... you are the QUEEN!

She contributed so many things in Figure Skating and yet what they have done to her in her last Olympic performance defaming her score. She is the real winner. Even she retired she will be remember forever. I love her so humble and down to earth in this interview she just cry all the frustrations and also relieved that she deliver her last performance to everyone. Yuna Kim you will be a missed in figure skating but you are a legend to us.

Although she is very competitive, I still think she was primarily crying because all of the stress she went through in the past months before the Sochi Olympics: she felt just relieved. I am pretty sure she was 'forced' to compete at Worlds 2013 and season 2013/2014 by the Korean Federation, you can tell it by her interviews and even non-verbal communications. She said several times long before the Olympics that she skates to get spots for the Olympics for younger Korean skaters and her aim was not to win a gold again. She was also crying because it was her final competition, just imagine how emotional must've been that. Remember 2011 Worlds? She was also crying on the podium not because she got silver, but the fact that she thought it was her last ever competition. Though, it must've been enormously difficult to compete at Sochi as the last skater. I am sure she knew that if she doesn't win, although she will be happy that's over, her nation won't be 100% satisfied, and she thought how sressful will it be to go back to Korea and face the fact that even she made two perfect programs she couldn't win and that's why the media and the people will be angry at judges and the whole situation. She still handled it with so much class and grace. She's a true hero and a role model to everyone. I will be forever thankful to have witnessed her extraordniary career. Thank to her for everythings and I wish her all the happiness for her entire life.

I cried when Yuna cried. Yuna wanted to retire after Vancouver, but she kept grinding and dedicated two epic programmes in Sochi. She is a patriot who has single-handedly pushed the boundaries of figure skating in Korea, and arguably the world.

Thank you, Yuna. Now my only wish for you is your happiness. Be happy!

Don't cry Queen Yuna. You deserved Sochi Olympic gold medal and two times Olympic champion. Every Champions knows that ur the Champion of woman's. Your performance was the best of entire figureskating programs and I felt ur gentle soul to comeback for ur Koreans little skaters. Everybody knows that ur the best of best and also figureskating fans will always remember and miss u so much.

I cannot stop crying. Yuna you were great and I hope you have great life rest of your life. Thank you, you make me feel happy every time I see your performance.

She is so graceful about the unfair scores :) i just love her even more!

She is so humble i cried along with her...

Don't cry you are the truly Queen in the eyes of world figure skating fan...you are the Iron Lady of figure skating

Why do I believe so much was left unsaid? I think she was being diplomatic here and knows is she says the wrong thing OTHER people might suffer the consequences and plus she knows at the height of strong emotions it's best to sit with them awhile before saying something she might regret later. But we all know deep down she must be hurting, what ever the reason for it.

I just truly wanted to THANK her for every moment that she gave to us.

unfair score.... yuna kim, you are the best

The Queen. All of the worlds people know that you are the true champion. Thank you Yuna.

I would never forget her. Victim to the shame Olympics.

Thank you Yuna. Nothing more to say. Seeing you skate was a dream. All the best to you.

I don't care what all the judges decided, You always be my (our) gold medalist ice skater of the 21st century. I know that you cried of joy and happiness I also cried with you all the way. Thanks for you perfection, love you...

The real gold medal winner and champion of the 2014 Sochi Olympics Ladies' Single Figure Skating Competition. SHAME on RUSSIAN politicking! SHAME on the RUSSIAN judges! SHAME on the RUSSIAN crowd who was shouting that Russian girl's name when Yuna was about to take on the ice. SHAME on the incompetence of the Sochi Olympics! SHAME on that RUSSIAN girl who took the gold that wasn't meant for her and that she didn't deserve. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME Still, thank you, Kim Yuna -- 2-time Olympic figure skating champion (Vancouver 2010 & Sochi 2014), and probably one of the most technically supreme and artistically superb figure skaters of all time!

Yuna is a true sochi olympic champion. Sotnikova dosent deserve the gold medal.

yuna i always respected you not just as a great skater, or gold medalist. you born in daughter of peasant and you earned every little hard steps to be queen of ice, fighting against impossible odd, always humble, never spoiled by fame and money. you show us "it all about how you do it! It's not about what you do " in and off the ice. you always gave us brutally Honest performance even your body hopelessly taking a tolls by doing it insane scale. you are great inspiration and true peoples champion. Ty yuna for everything you have done to us from my bottom of my heart.

그냥 거두절미하고 김연아가 행복했으면 좋겠다

She lost to someone she beat by more than 42 points eleven months earlier. They would have us believe the Russian made all that up plus 5 more in eleven months. I don't think so. Something rotten in Sochi.

Had everyone been scored fairly, she would’ve undoubtedly been the gold medalist, Carolina the silver, and either Mao or Gracie the bronze

She is a class act

Dear Kim Yuna, no matter even if you don't receive even the bronze medal, Yuna Queen has established her free skating power with a mark in millions of hearts all over the world & inspired us & you're my favorite.You're a very smooth,talented figure skater.When you're skating,it's like flying .So cool & always love to watch.You're a god-sent, beautiful flower.Good Luck!

We all know that a medal doesn't define how good of a skater you are and your quality. Adelina may have gotten a gold medal and Yuna may have gotten a silver one but it doesn't mean that Adelina is a better skater than Yuna. When Yuna skates, you can feel the emotion from her performance. Skating isn't all about points, it's about enjoying and looking at which girl is more passionate when she skates. This is my opinion and no one can take that away from me. In my eyes, Yuna skated beautifully and with so much emotion while Adelina was plain and boring. Sure her spins were faster but it wasn't better than Yuna's. I would love to see her at worlds and see her reaction to her scores because most of us know she won't get a score that high ever again where as Yuna can. Adelina didn't deserve to take first place in my opinion. Maybe second, but not first. This is the result of her own country wanting to get the gold medal so badly and now, Adelina will have to accept that fact that the only reason she got gold was because of her own country's greediness. Everybody knows that the real queen is Yuna and no medal is going to say otherwise. Proud of you Yuna! Come back to the games and show them that you are great and worthy of another gold. 사랑해

Kim Yuna definitely deserved the gold medal. It must've been hard to keep up this classy act knowing that others will suffer the consequences if she were to say anything about the robbery... Having the gold medal taken from her in such an unfair way is so sad. But it's even more emotional for her that this is her last performance in competing for figure skating... I really wish you true happiness Kim Yuna because you deserve it.

Adelina Sotnikova is NOT technically superior to Yuna Kim. Her multiple errors indicate that she has not mastered the jumps (3Lz-3T) nor throughout seasons before Sochi. Even her 3Lz-3Lo attempts got edge calls and under-rotation issues before. This is a clear display of technical vulnerability and inferiority. GOEs are highly subjective by the biased judges. The Technical Panel should have an effect on the final scores. A called wrong edge means an automatic -2 to -3 and a mandatory negative scaled GOE but without an ‘e’ call, it would only be -1 to -2 and negative scaled GOE is not mandatory. Therefore GOEs itself change the overall scores of the skaters. In Sochi, the rules in giving GOEs were not followed at all; rather they were given without explanation or valid reason to support them.

It is so heartbreaking to watch this interview still in 2018. However, her matured personality is so touching. We all know and God knows who was the champion. She is just truly beautiful inside out. This scandal did not destroy her, it only made her true inner beauty shine.

Love you Yuna Kim ... you're our queen forever...

I want to give her a hug that’s all 🥺

Queen Yuna u are always the gold medalist in our heart!!!

Aww, she is such a good sport. For those that think these tears are not for her loss, you are wrong. Sure she was in a different place and time, but she did not stay around for a silver. She wanted Gold and there is nothing wrong with that. I think she handled the whole situation with class. I just hope that adelina competes again.

Even though I am one of Yuna Kim’s newer fans, after watching this interview, I truly believe Yuna to be one of the bravest athletes that I have ever known! She has inspired so many young people to follow their dreams, to never give up! And in all that she continues to do, she continues to fill this world with so much Aloha! I have truly been blessed to become a fan of such a beautiful athlete! God Bless You, Yuna, and Aloha Nui! 😊❤️🌸🤙🏼👑

she make me cry.

Makes me so mad she was robbed of gold

No Matter what you are our best skater in the world we all love you who you are and what you have bring to all of us ! You are already write you page on the history! BEST Youna Kim!

This was not just one singular event for her. It was the end of her lifelong journey, which was simply incredible for her and also for her fans. Her tears mean more than just not winning the gold. It really feels like as she says she is crying out of relief and this feeling that her skating journey has finally come to an end. It must be very hard to grasp the change of reality in one evening.

I think she somehow knew she’s gonna get robbed so the poker face at the end of her skate. She’s GOLD no matter what. 🥇👑❄️

Yuna is a beautiful young woman, she should be a movie star. She's had a huge responsibility all these years, it will be a relief for her that she can be an ordinary citizen finally without the high pressure.

제대로 볼 줄 모르는 사람이 봐도 그날의 주인공은 연아 선수였다. 수고 정말 많았어요..!! 앞으로는 행복하고 즐거운 일들만 가득하길...

Years have passed and I'm still crying over this. I miss you queen yuna.

So proud of Yuna!!! She handled defeat with such grace and sophistication. I wish her all the best in the future :)

김연아 선수 울지말아요.. 너무너무 수고 많이하셨구요 감사합니다.. 언제나 응원할게요!!

The woman was holding Yuna's hand with flowers during entire interview - so cute❤

I will surely miss her :(

She's so real. Despite having the weight of the world on her shoulders, she's not afraid to be herself.

She is amazing, I wish you the best Yuna!!!

몇년이 지나도 이 영상을 보면 가슴이 아프다..이 더러운 촌극에 관련된 모든 인간들이 언젠가 그 댓가를 치르길 바란다.

Of course she cried because she lost. She's such a caring and classy girl. She just played it out smoothly. All hail the queen!!

“I want all the gold there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating, in all events, in all competitions,” Sotnikova said Friday 21 Feb 2014 at a news conference. She never proved that she deserved the gold.

It breaks my heart to see her crying. I could only imagine the hardships and intensive training she has constantly been under to make her as good as she was for as long as she was. She must have been putting all the emotions aside all these years and then to finally come to the end, she finally had the moment of release of all the pain and hardships she went through to be the best in the world. Something similar happened to me; my grandma unexpectedly passed away earlier this year. Completely unexpected. It was the first time meeting her since she lived in the States and she only visited as a vacation. She got sick so quickly and spent her last days with us, and I even drove her to the hospital where she passed away. I didn't even think it could end the way it did. The next week was spent with us sorting out her funeral and it was extremely shocking. I couldn't process anything. I was finding it so hard to cry because I was so shocked. After everything had been done, she was in her resting place, and on the way home, I couldn't help but suddenly be overwhelmed by the pain and hardship of the past week and I couldn't stop crying. I literally couldn't help or stop myself. Everything was done and I was only able to release my emotions when it was all finished. Maybe you can't see the connection to the video, but seeing Yuna cry like that, I can't help but remember my own experience with loosing grandma.

Fighting Kim Yuna, everyone love you and will support you forever.

As a fan I was initially super upset that she'd decided to retire from competitive skating, it seemed such a waste. But watching this....it really shows that she's been freed from the years of training and pressure put on her by her entire country, I can only feel happy for her :')

This is the end of her skating career but it is just the beginning of her life where she'll find other things she'll do in the future. And she indeed has an amazing mother.

She will always be remembered as Queen Yuna,the beautiful and the textbook jumper,the true Champion.😊

Four years later, you remain a legend for all time. Nobody gives a damn about those corrupt, cheating Russians. Wish you the very best in all your future endeavours.

저렇게 아무렇지 않은 척 웃는게 더 마음 아프다.... 하... 그리고 리포터 분이 전국민이 전하고픈 고맙다는 말 해준게 너무 다행이고 눈물난다..ㅠ 지금 다시 봐도 마음아파..ㅠㅠ

would you please make the subtitles in yellow or any bright color instead of using black? Black subtitles just melted into the background. Yuna is the real Champion in Sochi 2014 :)

Long live the Queen. Nothing compares to you. Surely Yuna has the character to forgive Adeline and Russia anytime but could they admit dirty Sochi and return the gold to the rightful winner?

Brave Yuna. You are the best♥

awww shes a good sport :') of course she was crying because of relief that everything is finally over but you can't ignore the fact that deep inside she would have been upset. any human being would if their gold medal was wrongfully taken off them but she couldnt say "yea, im crying because this whole competition is a cheat and i shoulda been the winner" ya know? thats why she's an amazing person inside and out

Queen Yuna.

Seeing her in this interview brings back terrors of that 2014 Olympic ruined the whole experience for me and I'm sure for the world, I hope these Russian so called judges are proud of themselves for what they did yeah I might sound a bit melodramatic but in these situations I think I'm entitled to, she's so gracious and taking it under the chin, but inside I'm sure she's rage quitting all the way for the way she was treated shame on them and shame on figure skating will never be the same again

U r a true champion! :)

Long live queen yuna

CLASSY YUNA!

She is so beautiful and humble. Forever our queen!

Watching in 2020. A time for healing to me.

ISU is a scary part of this Sport. They killing it! Good luck to other skaters... Esp. Yuzu, Yuma, Jason, and Rika If you are not their favorite, I'll feel sorry for you. Kim Yuna is a Legend.

연아선수 정말 멋지네요!!♡♡♡ 금메달보다 더 값진 진실과 열정과 사랑을 지닌 아름다운 김연아선수입니다. 앞으로 많은 활약하기에 앞서 행복한 시간 편안한 휴식 많이 누리시길 바래요♡♡♡

0:05 *I love how the interviewer tried to comfort Yuna like a mom*

this broke my heart!! the second she started tearing up I was already sobbing!! you can tell that she's happy now that all that pressure is gone, it's a pity and a great loss for figure skating that she's not performing anymore but I respect her decision and wish her a happy life

Why didn't somebody give the poor girl a tissue? Anyway, she has class here for not commenting on the robbery.

No adele, u cannot find someone like Yuna Kim... shes the Queen of Figure Skating...

she may not be 2014's Olympic Champion, but will always be remember as the legendary and iconic, Ice Queen Yuna Kim ❤

you will always be THE QUEEN, Kim Yuna. For all we care, you got the Gold Medal ! Love from the Philippines.

I love you Kim Yuna. You deserve the world. Thank you for existing.

I think Yuna was so relieved here. Even to execute all the jumps as planned must be hard for her. Before 2014 olympics i believe she only competed in Zagreb, and she fell a few times during that because of her foot injury. Despite all the possible setbacks, she did so well. What a legend

Aigoo. Kim Yuna, you did amazingly! Absolutely perfectly~ Don’t let them bring you down! Fighting!~ (Sorry for breaking the 400 comments XD) 💝✨👑🥺🥰💖

This sweet girl (lady really). I think we could be friends. So classy. We all know she really won.

I admire you a great deal. Please be happy, Yuna.

She is relieved bc she's growing. She's ready for the next thing in life bc part of growing she wants to learn and explore new thing instead of just skating. She is finally done and now she is free to do whatever she wants. Well she definitely deserves it after so much hard work.

Don't cry Yuna. 2018 Olympics will put everything on it's place!

thank you sochi olympic gold medalist queen yu na :)

6 years later and i am still not over this robbery 😤

For us you're the real champion...

Kim means gold anyway.

I really appreciate youtube for your fair policy not allowing the worst commenter hurting so many people especially the genuine gold medallist Queen Yuna who is one and only in 100 years figure skating history.

Thank you yuna eoni... you are the legend!

Dear Yuna

I believe Yuna will find her goldmedal. Shame on you guys, Sotnikova and Russia.

it is heart breaking to hear this girl saying, it is a relief that everything is end

That gold medal is worthless at this point. It’s a medal and it will never define Yuna.She will always be known as the Sochi winner even though she doesn’t have the medal she earns and deserved. Yuna will always be the Olympic Sochi champion even though the Olympics didn’t give her the title. That judge should be ashamed and if one judge has a ridiculously higher score the rest of the judges then somethings wrong and it’s not hard to figure out. People have to work for that medal and Adelina most have not worked as hard as Yuna did when you compare their performances. Yuna earned it.

You did a great job yuna... everyone except adelina knows the real result. Even Russians may know the truth in their minds but they are just not revealing because of their nationalism. You are the best skater in the history That never changes

미안해미안해미안해

Junail Freeman “I want all the gold there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating, in all events, in all competitions,” Sotnikova said Friday 21 Feb 2014 at a news conference. She never proved that she deserved the gold.