All posts tagged "Gracie Gold"

  • Kim Yuna of South Korea reacts after completing her routine in the women's short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
    Too close for comfort

    Kim Yuna leads after short program with season high score of 74.92 But, less than a point over Russian Sotnikova (74.64) and Italian Kostner (74.12) American Gold 4th (68.63), Lipnitskaia 5th (65.23), Asada 16th (55.51) South Korean...

    • Posted February 19, 2014
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  • Russia’s Yulia Lipnitskaya, top, has emerged as the biggest threat to Korean figure-skating megastar Kim Yu-na, who is looking to become only the third woman ever to repeat as Olympic champion. (AP-Yonhap, Korea Times)
    Yuna, you have competition !

    Russian prodigy Lipnitskaya emerges as threat to Kim’s repeat bid   By Kim Tong-hyung The last four years in women’s figure skating were defined by a rivalry as lopsided as a hammer versus a nail. Kim Yu-na,...

    • Posted February 10, 2014
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  • After her historic performance in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, when she took the gold with a world-record of 228.56 points, Kim Yu-na is now looking to become only the third woman ever to repeat as Olympic champion. (Korea Times photo by Ko Young-kwon)
    Resisting her coronation

    Skating prodigies vow to give Kim Yuna competition at Sochi Games By Do Je-hae Four years ago, Japan’s Asada Mao was the only serious threat to Kim Yu-na’s pursuit of Olympic gold in ladies’ figure skating. Now...

    • Posted January 22, 2014
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