Kim Yu-Na Shatters Gold And Says She'll Play Bond In The Next Movie

From the shorts program where she also set a new world record

Forget about being a Bond Girl - when you shatter the world record and leave second place in the dust taking the Gold - you're not just the "Queen" - you're better than Bond himself:

When the numbers 150.06 popped up on the scoreboard, her mouth dropped open in delight. It was a world record, which had broken her old record by a whopping 16.11 points. Though her longtime rival Mao Asada had yet to skate, Kim had all but clinched the gold medal. She had made herself untouchable.

For her two unforgettable, nearly perfect performances at these Olympics, the 19-year-old Kim had scored a record total of 228.56 points, more than 23 points ahead of her nearest pursuer.

And Mirai Nagasu Didn't Do Too Bad Either

When you're up against the field she was taking fourth place is nothing to be ashamed of - especially in your first Olympics:

Nagasu closed the competition with a 126.39 point program to selections from the “Carmen” opera. She landed six triple jumps and three double Axel jumps in addition to performing two Level 4 spins.

“I think I learned a lot here at my first international competition,” said Nagasu, who has never skated at an International Skating Union (ISU) championship on the senior level. “It was my first time skating in the final warm-up. It was a great honor and as stressful as they say. But I was able to beat that pressure.”

I see us getting back on the medal streak...

That Was Some Damn Good Olympics

Eighteen Years Of Waiting Finally Over



I was actually on my knees watching this one because how could I not be? Coming out of retirement, last chance to get the gold in their fourth Olympics - possibly the first from China to win it all - I mean - that's just a good story - and then Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo actually pulled it off?

That's what this is all about.

Flawless And Beautiful



While in the end it couldn't be any other way except for Shen and Zhao to get the gold, watching Pang Qing and Tong Jian skate a virtually flawless program when everyone before them hadn't and doing it where you just got lost watching them because they were just so incredible - I stood up with everyone else in TV land.

Back To Back



See? I don't just root for the Asians. In this case I was rooting against the Canadians and the French (jk...well you know) - and c'mon you have to admit that it was pretty slick to see Wescott come from behind and win back to back golds (and he was attacked by teammate Graham Watanabe afterwards...).

Random & Short Olympics Post

I haven't been watching a ton of the Olympics so far - but I do love me some figure skating and especially the pairs because it's just like my own mini-kdrama (Did he just fall? Is she gonna beat his ass down? That was amazing)- so I thought I'd do a quick post up on some of what I've seen and heard (and yes, happy v-day and lunar new year to you all as well - and my apologies to my stomach for all the dim sum I ate).

Apolo Anton Ohno Is The New Bonnie Blair



Yuko Kavaguti



Some may call her a traitor, but I just think she's a girl who's going after her dreams (and is it really her fault Japan doesn't have dual citizenship?).

Those Chevy Silverado Commercials

Would it kill you to have some Asian people in those MF's?

Mirai Nagasu, Swag, And Asians Are Cheap?

Read this funny article on Mirai Nagasu down at the Chicago Tribune and just wanted to post it up because it made me laugh because who didn't say what they thought without thinking at sixteen (hell - that still happens to me).

Anything that crosses her mind, she says, often in stream-of-consciousness ramblings.

The candor can get her in deep, as it did three weeks ago with her explanation for why she was so looking forward to the swag that would be hers for having made the Olympic team by finishing second at the U.S. Championships.

"I guess I can be stereotypical and say that Asians are very cheap," said Nagasu, a Japanese-American.

When the subject came up again Saturday in a question about what she had received, Nagasu noted an Asian-American friend who is "very Americanized" had scolded her about the comment.

"But I've already said what's been said," Nagasu continued, then explained how she regetted having arrived only Thursday because a lot of her sizes no longer were available in the clothing provided by the U.S. Olympic team.

And so it went, with Nagasu deadpanning that the change she has made in her free skate since nationals was to add a quadruple jump, then following it with a perfectly timed, "Just kidding."

Read it in full here.

Random 2010 Winter Olympic's Post: Mirai Nagasu

I don't know about you, but at sixteen I was just hoping I didn't wet myself.