Atlanta, Ga. 2/26/2010 1:11:46 PM
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2010 Winter Olympics Women’s Figure Skating Singles Finals Results: Kim Yu-Na Takes Gold with Record-Setting Performance, Joannie Rochette Earns Bronze

Kim Yu-Na entered the 2010 Winter Olympics with the weight of a country on her shoulders and she didn’t let South Korea down as she won gold in Vancouver with a flawless free skate to stand atop the podium in the women’s figure skating singles.

 

Kim Yu-Na shattered her own world record with a 150.06 mark for her program and finished with her short program she ended with another world record 228.56. Nothing was missed by Kim Yu-Na as she land every jump and let her program flow, winning the judges over with her seamless transitions.

 

With Kim Yu-Na taking gold Japan’s Mao Asada had to settle for silver but she to put down a solid program that earned her a 131.72. She entered the evening trailing only Kim Yu-Na and by the end of the evening she was able to hold her spot for the silver.

 

Canada’s Joannie Rochette, clearly the crowd and sentimental favorite closed her emotional Olympics with a bronze medal after putting down a 131.28 and finishing with a combined 202.64.

 

Women’s Figure Skating Singles Finals Results:

 

1

 KOR

Kim Yu-Na

228.56

2

 JPN

Mao Asada

205.50

3

 CAN

Joannie Rochette

202.64

4

 USA

Mirai Nagasu

190.15

5

 JPN

Miki Ando

188.86

6

 FIN

Laura Lepisto

187.97

7

 USA

Rachael Flatt

182.49

8

 JPN

Akiko Suzuki

181.44

9

 RUS

Alena Leonova

172.46

10

 RUS

Ksenia Makarova

171.91

 

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