I just finished watching the program. She was stunning and earned a world record of 150 pts!!! *cheers*

congratulations to Kim Yuna!

I use to follow figure skating religiously, but have fallen behind in recent years. I have heard of Kim Yuna, but never actually seen a performance and I'm pleased to find out that she's lived up to the hype. Heard a lot of complaints about the new scoring system but all the athletes skated so well tonight. She totally deserved it.

Kim Yuna was perfect! She definitely proved herself to be the queen of ice skating tonight!! I also loved Mao Asada, she did great! She landed three triple axles (if that's what they're called), which has never been done before in women olympics ice skating. I think they deserved gold-silver respectively! I'm so happy for all the ice skaters! Nobody fell on their butts and all did wonderfully!
And Mirai Nigasu was simply ADORABLE. Her smile is soooo cute and geeky! I'm looking forward to seeing her in 2014!!

It's an Off The Chart performance. I wonder what does she tap into before each performance to maintain such peace and grace in her performances, in spite of tremendous pressure to win for her country. She is amazing!

I'm so proud of Kim Yu-Na. Can you imagine the pressure that she had and the scrutiny of an entire nation if she hadn't won the gold? Mao was amazing too, but Yu-Na skated perfectly. And when the Canadian skater won the bronze, I was crying like a baby. What an amazing night in women's figure skating. All the ladies were an inspiration.

She totally rocked this. I was doubtful about all the hype, then I saw her skate, and totally understood it.

In an aside, I still think Mirai Nagasu was robbed though. Her performance was far more graceful and technically sound than Joannie Rochette. Oh well, she will probably win in 2 years.

Again, congrats to Kim Yu-Na. Amazing performance!

She did an amazing job, although I will admit its a bit weird that for the first time I knew more about another country's skater then the U.S. skaters in the Olympics. I am so used to the days of Kwan and company that this is the first time I was rooting for someone who wasn't American. I agree with the other posters that the three deserved the medals they received and I applaud each of them for doing amazing jobs on the ice.

Yup, just finished watching the rivalry. Glad for Kim Yu-na for her win and Mao Asada taking the Silver. Though, I'm still a bit iffy about the scoring. Yu-na totally deserves the Gold, but dang 150 points!! And Mao only got 130s for her "only one in the world" triple axles? Something is wrong with the judges like there's a huge favoritism going on.

In any case, I think Mirai Nagasu deserved the Bronze more. I loved her program and her smile was so cute too. Hehe loved the comment "she's the future".

I used to follow figure skating religiously before (1996-2002), but then college life happened and forgotten about it till I heard of Kim Yu-na. A lot of variety shows nowadays always mentions her name so I did some research on her. Haha I was a huge fan of Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski during their time. Now my favorites are Kim Yuna, Mao Asada and Mirai Nagasu. Huhu, Asians are taking over LOL.

it was my first time to watch her, although i've heard of her name many times, the performance was just flawless..everytime she jumps, my goosebumps go with it, amazing!

OMG yes, has anyone noticed how the commentors went mute during Joannie's performance!?!? No criticism, nothing. They didn't even show the replay of her mistakes & just went straight to scoring. She tototally played the sympathy card to the world, which I can understand but unfair for those who deserve it more, in which case it's Mirai Nagasu. Well at least she has another shot in 2014!!

@11 sassy lol yeah me and my friends did notice that the nbc commentators went silent but.. shrugs.

Congratulations to Kim Yuna! I just finished watching the program as well. She skated a perfect & clean performance! Even though Mao Asada skated a good program w/ a few small minor mistakes even w/o the mistakes I think she would've come very close to Yuna but probably still medalled silver. (and I'm not saying that cuz i'm bias either) I was also rooting for Joannie, she's just so strong. But yeah congrats to Yuna!! I enjoyed watching her skate, she's like superwoman on ice hehe.

Congratulations to Yuna. Let's make it trending topic on twitter. Heard that she will go to Son Ho Young and Kim Tae Woo concert in Vancouver on Friday.

"Even though Mao Asada skated a good program w/ a few small minor mistakes even w/o the mistakes I think she would’ve come very close to Yuna but probably still medalled silver."

Nah . . . Kim Yu-Na won that by 18 points. If Mao did an immaculate performance, it would have still been close to a double-digit victory.

I"m so happy for her!!!!!!

GO QUEEN YUNA!

I actually was flooded with emotion after her flawless routine. It was just so awe-inspiring. Good job!

About Mirai Nagasu, although she had a really good free skate, she was 6th after the short program and would've needed around 140 points in order to have been in medal position. Even though she probably should've gotten a higher free skate score, I don't think she could've scored higher than Mao Asada. and Mirai Nagasu did score higher than Joannie Rochette in the elements. Just trying to put the scoring in perspective. Joannie had a really good short program and that gave her the bronze.

Anyways, Congrats to Kim Yuna. She was perfect and deserved the gold.

Oh and apparently, Yu-Na scored so high that she would have placed 9th AMONG THE MEN. This, even though the men have 30 more seconds.

Congrats to Yu-Na. She made it look so easy. Then Mao Asada comes out and looks like the villain from a low-budget fantasy film from the 80's. If she had a flawless skate, I doubt she would've won gold. Tonight, it was Yu-Na's night.

Poor Asada. As soon as her scored came up she went into a blank state and never snapped out of it. Even during the medal ceremonies it looked like Asada just wanted to go home. I know she lost to her rival, but winning a silver in your first Olympics is a fantastic achievement. I'm sure she'll look at her performance as a motivator for 2014.

BTW, Brian Orser should be congratulated as well. Heh, you would think he is Yu-Na's dad instead of her coach with the way he's around her :-p.

Congratulations to Yuna, Mao and Joannie!
Thank you, ladies, for showing us these beautiful and exciting performances!

Yay! For South Korea!

Kim Yu Na was perfect throughout, from her smile, costumes, and grace to her lutz, axels, n loops! Gosh , she did everything effortlessly, like walking and breathing! She is awesome!

Am also happy for Japan for grabbing the second spot! ^_^
She also did an exciting, and great performance!

Yay for Asians!

"I know she lost to her rival, but winning a silver in your first Olympics is a fantastic achievement. "

Gotta understand the expectations and pressure Mao's wore on her shoulder for 4 years, as well as the context of the Mao-Kim rivalry. She was considered Japan's most gifted skater when she was world junior champion, and she probably would have medalled were she allowed to compete in Torino. Until 2009, Mao Asada was arguably still the #1 skater in the world.

(If you visit any serious figure skating site, there's always heady, heady debate between Team Kim and Team Mao fans, somewhat like Kwan vs. Cohen. Sometimes it's depicted that Kim is the "artistic" skater, and Mao is the "athletic" skater, but it's worth pointing out that, at one time, there was contrast, but well regard between the two skaters among skating fans.)

Even I was the same way. I used to think Mao was the superior skater . . .but then 2009 happened, and Yu-Na completely left the planet. I've never seen anything like this happen in figure skating before.

@ belleza:
"I’ve never seen anything like this happen in figure skating before."
I'm just curious. What do you think of Tara Lipinski at the 1998 Olympics?

If the scoring system were to be questioned, I'd definitely reconsider why Rochette was only behind Asada by .66 in the long program when they've both made the same minor mistakes (Rochette making a little bit more) while Asada's routine was obviously and technically far more advance than Rochette's.

I don't want to take away anything from Rochette but I thought she was unfairly over-scored. She shouldn't have been anywhere near Asada especially when Asada performed two triple axle's even with those minor mistakes. I wonder if the judges would've given Rochette the silver if she hadn't made those mistakes. The thought of it dissappoints me but my heart does go to Rochette and her family for their tragic loss.

With that said, I still felt she was clearly over-scored though. As for Kim Yuna, she owned that gold medal, undoubtedly and a well-deserved one! :)

I'm so proud of both Mao and Yuna! Congrats to the talented ladies!