The UK’s Daily Mail has reported that Kim Yu-Na is in line for a US$1 million bonus from sponsors for smashing the world record in the ladies figure skating at Vancouver last week. Kim was already the world record holder for scores for both the free programme and overall scores, both of which were [...]
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Written By: guyjin on February 27, 2010
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If you live in Japan and watched even a moment of television over the last week, you have heard of Asada Mao. The nation’s media have been frantic in their hopes that surely, after two weeks of competition, somehow the Japanese team would win their first gold medal. And none in the team were better [...]
Written By: guyjin on February 20, 2010
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Takahashi Daisuke became the first Japanese man to win an Olympic figure skating medal when he claimed the bronze medal behind American Lysacek and Russian Plushenko.
Attention before the final performances centered on who would, and who wouldn’t try the quad jump, which few skaters are able to accomplish with precision and consistency. Lysacek contraversially [...]
