I translated a Russian article that said reporters were telling her they tracked down her dad who she had never met like one night before she returned to Sochi for the individual event. Her friggin dad left before she was born!
An article I read said that state officials were ordered to locate her father. That has to be incredibly hard, considering if he did come around her she would (most likely) always have it in the back of her mind that he only decided to be around her to get her money and fame and not her.
Article here:http://www.christiantoday.com/article/yulia.lipnitskaya.father.mother.raised.teen.prodigy.alone.support.daughters.figure.skating.career/35903.htm