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As Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette struck the final pose of her short program, Tuesday, the audience in Pacific Coliseum erupted. 3 }2 n6 |6 W, D) n7 d7 {
Rochette burst into tears. 1 V+ s9 e0 I: J& P公仔箱論壇Asthe 24-year-old skater's emotions bubbled to the surface less thanthree days after her mother died unexpectedly following a heart attack,the crowd was on its feet. Rochette, of Ile Dupas, Que., had skated aclean short program to the tango La Cumparsita by Gerardo Hernando Matos Rodriguez. # L* S$ @# n( q: Z2 [With 71.36 points, Rochette was in third place - a position continued to hold after the final skaters had taken their bows. 3 {* a0 Y) b+ r2 x; v# d& l$ k) p公仔箱論壇Earlier in the evening, Mao Asada of Japan and Kim Yu-Na of South Korea had begun the next chapter of their career-long on-ice rivalry. 1 A: D- x+ A; G" A: Y: a7 U公仔箱論壇Asada and Kim, both 19, skated back-to-back in the fifth flight of skaters on Tuesday. 9 j* I# W8 T" D) G5 }! B公仔箱論壇Asada, skating first, performed a flawless program to Masquerade Waltz andwas rewarded with a score of 73.78 points. But when Kim took to the icefor her James Bond medley routine, the crowd was struck silent as theywatched Olympic history in the making. S6 s3 F6 l9 L& v" |
With a clean programthat included a triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination, a triple flip,a double Axel and some Bond-girl attitude, Kim put together aworld-record performance. 3 O9 }2 k, T8 _" m$ t+ vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbKim scored an unprecidented 78.50 points to take the lead.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' [1 {( S5 z9 ?4 i- A- s8 [
