Many Japanese must have watched the women's figure skating wishing the medals. All of Japanese representatives for both men and women were expected to get medals. Among them Mao Asada (浅田真央), 19 years old was thought to be the one closest to the gold medal.
After the short program the day before yesterday she was the second after landing the first triple axel ever performed in short programs at the Winter Games. So we expected there may be a chance of the gold medal.
However the South Korean Kim Yu-na, 19 years old marked the world record of 228.56 points just before Asada performed. She landed two triple axels but there were some mistakes, and her score ended up at 205.50, which was her best score, and got the silver medal. Since we knew she wanted to get a gold medal, we feel sorry for her. But still to have got a silver medal is great. Congratulations!! We expect her to win the gold medal at the next Olympic games.
The bronze medalist was Canadian Joannie Rochette at 202.64, the fourth was Mirai Nagasu(長洲未来), whose parents are Japanese, at 190.15, the fifth was Miki Ando (安藤美姫) at 188.86, and eighth was Akiko Suzuki (鈴木明子) at 181.44.
Thank you for your beautiful performances.
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