Joannie Rochettecoupled Tuesday's heart-wrenching short program with a gutsy freeskate, Thursday. And four days after her mother unexpectedly diedfollowing a heart attack, Rochette was awarded the Olympic bronze medalfor her courageous efforts and near-flawless skating. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 e9 i: b) @% ?7 ]; J) `+ ?
Rochette,24 of Ile-Dupas, Que., wasn't quite perfect in her free skate- stepping out of a triple Lutz and skipping the second half of adouble Axel-double Axel combination - but she didn't have to be. Shereceived 131.28 points for her free skate to Samson and Delilah for a 202.64-point overall score. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, \$ }1 \. {# I7 L* U1 F6 [
The bronzemedal that resulted was Canada's first medal since Elizabeth Manleyshocked the world with her 1988 silver in Calgary. 5 [# j% b# b% v$ T+ t, i' KEarlier in the evening, Kim Yu-Naof South Korea flew through her free skate in a bid to take the top ofthe podium. Kim, 19, threw down the gauntlet wtih towering double Axelsand triple Lutzes on her way to her second record-setting score thisweek. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% F( i* s4 M- _. c2 b
Kim, who trains under former Canadian figure skater BrianOrser in Toronto, received 150.06 points for her free skate toGershwin's Concerto in F. Combined with the 78.50 points theSouth Korean dynamo scored for her James Bond-themed short program onTuesday, Kim was awarded a score of 228.56 to storm into first place. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( n8 V( n8 d) T/ S
Notonly did Kim - also the reigning world champion - earn add Olympic goldto her ever-expanding collection of medals on Thursday, but Orser- best-known for finishing second in the 1988 Olympics' "Battle of theBrians" with American skater Brian Boitano - finally received his goldmedal. , _6 O6 r. {3 f6 C' [' h/ tMao Asadaof Japan skated right on the heels of her long-time teenage rival,gunning out of the gate to knock Kim of her perch with her trademarktriple Axel and triple-double combination jumps. But at the midpoint ofher program, Asada unraveled. She stumbled on a transition and thensingled her final triple toeloop. " g9 K7 C/ w" P7 a0 s' zTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Asada's score of 131.72 was aseason's best, but coupled with her short program score, the 205.50total was not enough to unseat Kim from the leader's position.
