After the short program on Tuesday, Yu-Na was in first place with an almost 5 point lead over rival figure skater Mao Asada of Japan. But the winner of the long program yesterday was no question for the judges, who gave Kim Yu-Na a free skate score of 150.06. That score was 16.11 points higher than the world record of 133.95 that she only set two days earlier! Yu-Na won the gold medal with a total combined score of 228.56 – beating Asada by 23 points. This was an amazing victory for the skater, who was very happy with her performance.
“I still can’t believe my performance,” Kim said after the long program. “I honestly don’t know why I cried… Maybe I was relieved, maybe I was satisfied with my performance.”
Joannie Rochette skated through the death of her mother, only two days before the competition started. Her hard work and willingness to continue in the competition, despite her tragic loss, earned her the bronze medal. Rochette said, “There were moments when I said to myself, ‘I really don’t want to do this. I want to take the first plane, go home, see my grandparents, my family.’ But I said to myself that in 10 years time, when I would think about all of this and when my mourning would be over, I would probably have wished that I had skated here.”
From the US, Mirai Nagasu took fourth place, and Rachel Flatt came in seventh.
| Rank | Athlete | SP | FS | Final Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78.50 (1) | 150.06 (1) | 228.56 | |||
| 73.78 (2) | 131.72 (2) | 205.50 | |||
| 71.36 (3) | 131.28 (3) | 202.64 | |||
| 4 | 63.76 (6) | 126.39 (5) | 190.15 | ||
| 5 | 64.76 (4) | 124.10 (6) | 188.86 | ||
| 6 | 61.36 (10) | 126.61 (4) | 187.97 | ||
| 7 | 64.64 (5) | 117.85 (8) | 182.49 | ||
| 8 | 61.02 (11) | 120.42 (7) | 181.44 | ||
| 9 | 62.14 (8) | 110.32 (10) | 172.46 | ||
| 10 | 59.22 (12) | 112.69 (9) | 171.91 | ||
| 11 | 52.96 (17) | 108.61 (11) | 161.57 | ||
| 12 | 57.16 (14) | 99.46 (13) | 156.62 | ||
| 13 | 53.16 (16) | 102.37 (12) | 155.53 | ||
| 14 | 61.92 (9) | 93.32 (17) | 155.24 | ||
| 15 | 56.70 (15) | 96.11 (14) | 152.81 | ||
| 16 | 63.02 (7) | 88.88 (19) | 151.90 | ||
| 17 | 57.46 (13) | 93.80 (16) | 151.26 | ||
| 18 | 49.04 (23) | 94.90 (15) | 143.94 | ||
| 19 | 51.74 (19) | 91.73 (18) | 143.47 | ||
| 20 | 52.16 (18) | 86.00 (20) | 138.16 | ||
| 21 | 50.80 (20) | 83.39 (22) | 134.19 | ||
| 22 | 49.74 (22) | 83.77 (21) | 133.51 | ||
| 23 | 49.02 (24) | 82.63 (23) | 131.65 | ||
| 24 | 50.74 (21) | 78.80 (24) | 129.54 |
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AWESOME Joannie! Way to go! So inspiring. We love you! I covered JR on my show http://bit.ly/aZDfdL
Kim was spectacular! AMAZING!
Kim Yuna is the greatest skater of all time. Her Olympic performance was the best of all time. She combine the athletism and artistry like no other skater I've ever seen and it was perfect. Her transitions into the jumps were as smooth as butter. She is simply mezmerizing to watch.
I can forgive her not so perfect performance at the Worlds and have the courage to continue to do it after many Olympic skaters opt out. I can see she is emotionally and physically fatigued from the Olympics. She gave everything she had to perform 2 perfect programs at the Olympics. Receiving a silver medal at the Worlds is not bad at all and she was pleased. She accepted it with humility and lady like grace unlike Mao Asada who looked very upset when she received the silver medal at the Olympics. However I am very happy for Mao Asada that she won the gold at the Worlds in which she truely deserves. I also applaud her guts to do triple axels at the Olympics and Worlds and the fact that she too made history as the only womwn who performed multiple triple axels at the Olympics and Worlds.
I LOVE THIS IT SSO NICE ND SHE WON FIRS PLACE A