Kim Earns Record Score, Wins Women’s Figure Skating Gold, Joannie Rochette Takes Bronze
On Thursday night, it was South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na, and then everybody else.
Kim, who skated on a completely different level than her competition in Women’s Figure Skating this week, blew away her competition on her way to winning the gold medal. She finished with a world-record score of228.56; Japan’s Mao Asada, who won silver, ended up 23.06 points back -- or, the same gap between second and eighth place.
Read Article >Kim Takes Commanding Lead In Women’s Figure Skating After Record-Breaking Short Program
Kim Yu-Na, the 2009 World Champion, took an enormous step to winning gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Women’s Figure Skating with a dominating performance in the Short Program Tuesday night.
Kim, from South Korea, set a new world’s best with a score of 78.50 for her James Bond skate, a full 4.72 points ahead of Japan’s Mao Asada, who is currently in second place.
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