Vancouver (AFP) - Favourite Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing as she gave South Korea their first ever Olympic figure skating title with a stunning performance here on Thursday.
The reigning world champion wiped the tears from her eyes after her spellbinding free skate at the Pacific Coliseum which gave her gold by a massive 23-point margin on her nearest challenger Mao Asada of Japan.
VANCOUVER -- About three hours before he headed over to the Pacific Coliseum for what may well have been his last night of Olympic short-track, Apolo Ohno paused to file a post to his Twitter feed.
"It's time. Heart of a lion," he said. "I will give my all --heart, mind & spirit today. This is what it's about! All the way until the end! No regrets."
Vancouver (AFP) - Favourite Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing as she gave South Korea their first ever Olympic figure skating title with a stunning performance here on Thursday.
The reigning world champion wiped the tears from her eyes after her spellbinding free skate at the Pacific Coliseum which gave her gold by a massive 23-point margin on her nearest challenger Mao Asada of Japan.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Kim Yuna produced a riveting women's free skate on Thursday to obliterate the opposition and become the first South Korean to win an Olympic figure skating gold medal.
SportsThe 19-year-old, already hailed as Queen Yuna by her legion of admirers, had hollering fans rushing down the aisles to salute her after she was crowned Vancouver Games champion with a record combined total of 228.56. She won by a huge margin of 23.06 points.
Japanese rival Mao Asada soared high into the air to become the only woman to land two triple Axels at the Pacific Coliseum on Thursday but could not match the technical wizardry, artistry or poise of Yuna and settled for silver with 205.5.
VANCOUVER -- U.S. short track speed skater Katherine Reutter set an Olympic record during her 1000m heat Wednesday evening.
Reutter stopped the clock in 1 minute, 30.508 seconds to set the new mark at the Pacific Coliseum. The victory advanced her to Friday's quarterfinals.
The previous Olympic record was 1:31.235, and the world record stands at 1:29.495.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A grieving Joannie Rochette held her nerve for three incredible minutes on Tuesday and dazzled the crowd with a short program that left her third at the halfway stage of the Olympic women's figure skating event.
Sports | 2010 Winter Olympics | Figure SkatingSouth Korean Kim Yuna led after a record-breaking display but it was Canadian Rochette who stole the show after dissolving into tears following a near faultless performance just two days after her mother's sudden death.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Apolo Anton Ohno knows what awaits him as he attempts to careen into U.S. Olympic history.
“Tomorrow is going to b caaraazzzy! Can u dig it?” the short track speedskater tweeted before practice Friday at Pacific Coliseum.
Ohno resumes his quest for a seventh career Olympic medal in Saturday’s 1,000 meters. A victory would break his six-medal tie with long-track speedskater Bonnie Blair as the most decorated American Winter Olympian.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Apolo Ohno knows what awaits him as he attempts to careen into U.S. Olympic history.
"Tomorrow is going to b caaraazzzy! Can u dig it?" the short track speed skater tweeted before practice Friday at Pacific Coliseum.
Ohno resumes his quest for a seventh career Olympic medal in Saturday's 1000m. A victory would break his six-medal tie with long track speed skater Bonnie Blair as the most decorated American Winter Olympian.
Vancouver (AFP) - The ice dancers haven't even stepped on the ice and controversy is already raging in Vancouver.
Ice dancing was only included in the Olympic programme in 1976 and has since fought to impose itself as a serious discipline.
Its popularity has assured its future despite judging and other controversies which have overshadowed the event down through the years.
Vancouver (AFP) - A slimmed-down Yevgeny Plushenko opened with a quadruple jump to fire the first shot in his bid to retain his Olympic men's figure skating title by leading the short programme on Tuesday.
And the 27-year-old revealed that he had eaten just a banana all day in order to take on his younger rivals in Vancouver.
