Kim Yu-na wins gold with record score – Pictures
South Korea’s Kim Yu-na has won the women’s figure skating gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics – and did it by setting a record.
Kim shattered her own world mark by scoring 228.56 points, more than 18 higher than her previous record. She is the winner of South Korea’s first Olympic medal in the sport.
Mao Asada of Japan won the silver, but finished 23 points behind Kim.
Joannie Rochette, whose mother died four days ago, got the bronze, Canada’s first women’s medal in the games since 1988.
American Mirai Nagasu finished fourth.
Kim Yu-na
Kim Yu-na
Kim Yu-na
[...] Torino aveva meglio figurato con il nono posto. L’oro, come da previsione, è andato alla coreana Yu Na Kim, da record, seguita dalla giapponese Mao Asada. Bronzo alla canadese Joannie Rochette, salita sul [...]