Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Ladies
| Ladies' singles at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
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The medalists on the podium. From left: Mao Asada (silver), Kim Yuna (gold), Joannie Rochette (bronze)
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Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Dates | February 23, 2010 February 25, 2010 |
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| Competitors | 30 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 228.56 | ||||||||||||
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Kim Yuna |
 South Korea
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Mao Asada |
 Japan
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Joannie Rochette |
 Canada
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The ladies' single skating competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The short program was held on February 23, 2010 and the free skating was held on February 25, 2010. Kim Yuna from South Korea won the gold medal setting three world best scores.
Prior to the competition, the existing ISU best scores were:
Kim Yuna beat her own best scores to set three new records in this competition:
This was Kim Yuna's fifth short program record, third free skating record, and third combined score record.
Kim Yuna's gold medal is South Korea's first Olympics medal in figure skating.
Mao Asada (JPN) set a number of triple axel firsts and records for the ladies' competition:
The ladies' short program was held on February 23, 2010. Kim Yuna (South Korea) finished first with a new world best score.Mao Asada (Japan) finished second and successfully landed a triple axel combination.Joannie Rochette (Canada) skated in the competition despite the tragedy of her mother's death two days earlier and finished third.
The ladies free skate was held on February 25, 2010. Kim Yuna (South Korea) finished first, setting new world best scores for the free skate and combined total.Mao Asada (Japan) finished second and successfully landed two triple axel jumps.Joannie Rochette (Canada) finished third.
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