Miki Ando wins Cup of China
Japan’s Miki Ando claimed the Cup of China this weekend, surpassing defending champion and compatriot Akiko Suzuki for the gold by completing a clean free skate. Japanese American figure skater Mirai Nagasu won the short program, making a promising return from her foot injury, but dropped down to fourth after a disappointing free skate.
Kim Yu-Na earns “Sportswoman of the Year” award
South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na was honored last week by the Women’s Sports Foundation as the U.S. organization’s “Sportswoman of the Year” in the individual sport category for her accomplishments on the ice, which included an Olympic gold medal at the Vancouver games. Kim is the first Asian athlete to earn the distinction. She [...]
Kim Yu-Na to train in Los Angeles
Korean Olympian figure skater Kim Yu-Na, who recently made headlines for her split with coach Brian Orser, announced that she will be moving her training base from Canada to Artesia, California. Details are still unknown as to how long and under which coach she will be training, but Kim says she will continue planning and [...]
Yu-Na Kim one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People.
Korean figure skater and athletic superstar Yu-Na Kim has been selected as one of this year’s TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People, and is currently in New York by invitation from TIME to celebrate her achievement.
The Olympic gold medalist and record-breaker has racked up an impressive number of business deals and endorsements in the [...]
Figure Skating: 2010 World Championships
Japanese American Olympian Mirai Nagasu found herself as the unexpected lead after the short program of the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships, but fell to seventh after a disappointing free skate. Japanese Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada bounced back from her frustrating second-place finish in Vancouver to defeat Korea’s Yu-Na Kim, who took the silver [...]
Winter Olympic Final Roundup
The 2010 Olympic Winter games have officially ended with the closing ceremony yesterday, but there are still a few headlines to report. First, the U.S. Women’s ice hockey team earned silver in their 2-0 loss to host team Canada. The favored home team were too much for Team USA, but for Chinese American forward Julie [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 23, 2010
The Koreans continue their dominance in speed skating, but only by a stroke of luck and the misfortune of Dutch skater Sven Kramer, who was disqualified after an illegal lane change. Korea’s Lee Seung-hoon, who already claimed a silver medal in the men’s 5000 meter event, added a gold medal today after he set a [...]
Winter Olympic Roundup – February 22, 2010
Chinese American veteran forward Julie Chu and the U.S. women’s ice hockey team trounced Sweden today to make it to the finals. The U.S. scored nine goals in the semi-final game and held Sweden to a single goal. 20-year-old Monique Lamoureux earned her own hat trick, with two of her three goals scored in the [...]
Asian Figure Skating Queens
Watch out for 19-year-old Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who will compete in the ladies’ short program on Tuesday. Asada, currently ranked third in the world, believes that she her placement in the skating order will be an advantage over reigning world champion and Korean rival Yu-Na Kim, also 19. 22-year-old teammate Miki Ando will skate last.
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Winter Olympic Roundup – February 18, 2010
American figure skater Evan Lysacek pulled out the biggest performance of his life, edging out reigning Olympic champ Evgeni Plushenko by 1.31 points. Daisuke Takahashi became the first Japanese man to win an Olympic medal in figure skating, coming in third behind the Russian skater and winning a bronze medal.
Several other Asian athletes had impressive [...]
