Kim Yu-Na of South Korea Coronated with Gold

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics - Ladies' Figure Skating

"The coronation is complete. Long live the Queen." - NBC's Tom Hammond on Kim Yu-Na winning gold

Kim Yu-Na of South Korea, the reigning world champion, won the ladies' figure skating gold on the 14TH day of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, handily defeating Mao Asada of Japan and Joannie Rochette of Canada. Her gold model is South Korea's first Winter Olympics medal in a sport other than speedskating.

Mirai Nagasu and Rachael Flatt of the US finished fourth and seventh, respectively.

Kim Yu-Na won the gold with an astounding 228.56 points, shattering her previous world record by more than 18 points. Mao Asadaof Japan 23.06 points behind Yu-Na despite two near-flawless triple axels.

Joannie Rochette provided the most courageous performance, skating only four days after her mother's death.

FIGURE SKATING:

Play-by-Play: Tom Hammond

Analysts: Scott Hamilton, Sandra Bezic

Reporter: Andrea Joyce

Bezic on Flatt during her skate: "She is really doing it."

Bezic: "She's had a long season with many great performances but she has saved her best one for the Olympic Games."

Hamilton: "She is a rock. She is so consistent."

Hammond: "It's called rising to the moment and Rachel Flatt has just done it."

Bezic on Ando: "This is the strongest we've seen Miki perform in a long time as well."

Hamilton as Kim Yu-Na took the ice: "My heart just started beating a little faster."

Bezic during Yu-Na's performance: "Oh my goodness, this is glorious. This is one of the greatest Olympic performances I have ever seen."

Hammond: "And the crowd mesmerized during her skate, leaping to their feet. The coronation is complete. Long live the Queen."

Hamilton on the pressure: "No one can walk a mile in those shoes."

Hammond on Kim Yu-Na's record-setting score of 228.56: "That blasts the old record. That destroyed the old record."

Hamilton on Asada: "The first woman to do three triple axels in a competition ever."

Bezic on Asada: "What she has done in the wake of Yu-Na's ovation is extraordinary."

Bezic on Joannie Rochette's performance: "A kiss for her father. A performance for her mom."

Hamilton on Rochette's performance: "I've never seen such a superhuman amount of courage and determination. What an inspiration."

Hammond on Rochette's performance: "It is the stuff of Olympic legend."

Hammond on Nagasu: "Not intimidated at all by the stage of the Olympics."

Bezic on Nagasu: "She just made herself her own Olympic moment."

Hamilton on the final results: "Everybody's happy."

(l-r) Japan's Miki Ando, South Korea's Kim Yu-Na, Canada's Joannie Rochette
Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

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2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games
Ladies' Figure Skating - Kim Yu-Na of South Korea Coronated with Gold