The ladies' singles of Figure Skating 2010 during the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 23-25 February 2010 in the Pacific Coliseum . With 30 athletes competing, the event was won by Kim Yu-na from South Korea , with Mao Asada from Japan taking the silver medal and Joannie Rochette from Canada taking bronze.
Format [ ] The competition exists out of two separate rounds. The first round allows the competitors to perform a routine of around 2:50 minutes, after which the athletes with the twenty-four best scores perform another routine of around 4:00 minutes. The competitor with the best score after two rounds is the winner.
Preview [ ] Thirty athletes qualified for the event with Kim Yu-na as reigning world champion, having received over 200 points at the world championships. Behind the Korean favorite, the Japanese skaters were very strong, with Miki Ando having won the bronze medal at the world championships, just in front of Mao Asada , and Akiko Suzuki finishing third in the Grand Prix finals. Joannie Rochette was another big medal contender after receiving the silver medal at the world championships. Other outsiders for the medals were Rachael Flatt , Laura Lepisto , Alena Leonova , and Carolina Kostner .
Summary [ ] Short Program [ ]
Short Program Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Score
1
Kim Yu-na
78.50
2
Mao Asada
73.78
3
Joannie Rochette
71.36
4
Miki Ando
64.76
5
Rachael Flatt
64.64
6
Mirai Nagasu
63.76
7
Carolina Kostner
63.02
8
Alena Leonova
62.14
9
Elene Gedevanishvili
61.92
10
Laura Lepisto
61.36
11
Akiko Suzuki
61.02
12
Ksenia Makarova
59.22
13
Julia Sebestyen
57.46
14
Cynthia Phaneuf
57.16
15
Sarah Meier
56.70
16
Kwak Min-jung
53.16
17
Kiira Korpi
52.96
18
Cheltzie Lee
52.16
19
Liu Yan
51.74
20
Elena Glebova
50.80
21
Tugba Karademir
50.74
22
Sonia Lafuente
49.74
23
Sarah Hecken
49.04
24
Anastasia Gimazetdinova
49.02
25
Isabelle Pieman
46.10
26
Miriam Ziegler
43.84
27
Teodora Postic
43.80
28
Ivana Reitmayerova
41.94
29
Jenna McCorkell
40.64
30
Anna Jurkiewicz
36.10
Free Program [ ]
Free Program Results
Rank
Nat.
Athletes
Score
1
Kim Yu-na
150.06
2
Mao Asada
131.72
3
Joannie Rochette
131.28
4
Laura Lepisto
126.61
5
Mirai Nagasu
126.39
6
Miki Ando
124.10
7
Akiko Suzuki
120.42
8
Rachael Flatt
117.85
9
Ksenia Makarova
112.69
10
Alena Leonova
110.32
11
Kiira Korpi
108.61
12
Kwak Min-jung
102.37
13
Cynthia Phaneuf
99.46
14
Sarah Meier
96.11
15
Sarah Hecken
94.90
16
Julia Sebestyen
93.80
17
Elene Gedevanishvili
93.32
18
Liu Yan
91.73
19
Carolina Kostner
88.88
20
Cheltzie Lee
86.00
21
Sonia Lafuente
83.77
22
Elena Glebova
83.39
23
Anastasia Gimazetdinova
82.63
24
Tugba Karademir
78.80
Results [ ]
Result
Athlete
Nationality
Score
Kim Yu-na
South Korea
228.56
Mao Asada
Japan
205.50
Joannie Rochette
Canada
202.64
4
Mirai Nagasu
United States
190.15
5
Miki Ando
Japan
188.86
6
Laura Lepisto
Finland
187.97
7
Rachael Flatt
United States
182.49
8
Akiko Suzuki
Japan
181.44
9
Alena Leonova
Russia
172.46
10
Ksenia Makarova
Russia
171.91
11
Kiira Korpi
Finland
161.57
12
Cynthia Phaneuf
Canada
156.62
13
Kwak Min-jung
South Korea
155.53
14
Elene Gedevanishvili
Georgia
155.24
15
Sarah Meier
Switzerland
152.81
16
Carolina Kostner
Italy
151.90
17
Julia Sebestyen
Hungary
151.26
18
Sarah Hecken
Germany
143.94
19
Liu Yan
China
143.47
20
Cheltzie Lee
Australia
138.16
21
Elena Glebova
Estonia
134.19
22
Sonia Lafuente
Spain
133.51
23
Anastasia Gimazetdinova
Uzbekistan
131.65
24
Tugba Karademir
Turkey
129.54
25
Isabelle Pieman
Belgium
46.10
26
Miriam Ziegler
Austria
43.84
27
Teodora Postic
Slovenia
43.80
28
Ivana Reitmayerova
Slovakia
41.94
29
Jenna McCorkell
Great Britain
40.64
30
Anna Jurkiewicz
Poland
36.10
