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The Magic of the Olympic Games
by Sonia Bianchetti
February 2010
Yu-na Kim (KOR) was by far the best, placing first in both the short and the free with a total score of 228.56, a world record. She was so superior that the competition was for second place only. Skating to George Gershwins Piano Concerto in F Major, Kim was insuperable in combining speed, athleticism and grace. Her jumps are of the highest technical quality, properly started at full speed and landed without any visible effort. Her spins are done with great flexibility. She was flawless till the end, seducing the audience with her expressiveness. But what makes her so captivating is her presentation, the way she uses her arms, her head and her body while skating on deep edges. She is as light as a feather. She is breathtaking on the ice, a real marvel. Yu-na is in a class of her own, on another planet, as I think of her. She had one of the greatest performances in figure skating history.
ギムヨンアがとても特別に優秀で試合はただ銀メダル競争になっただけだ.
ギムヨンアは次元が他の選手だ.(in a class of her own, on another planet)
フィギュア歴史で一番偉い performanceだった.
Mao Asada, skating to the Bells of Moscow by Rachmaninov, started off her free program with a beautiful triple Axel followed by a second triple Axel/double toe-loop combination. Mao was the first woman to execute a triple Axel in the Olympic Games since her compatriot Midori Ito landed one in the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville. Mao is a great fighter because to skate immediately after Kim must have been very hard for her. She skated with good speed. Her spins and the spiral sequence were beautiful. She had a couple of flaws, though: the triple flip was downgraded, and she stumbled on the footwork into her triple toe-loop and she singled it. On the whole she gave a lovely, elegant performance.
