2 B( h. v9 _; Z" U9 p2 v! m) HAs Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette struck the final pose of her short program, Tuesday, the audience in Pacific Coliseum erupted. ( O( R+ _; `$ D ?: ~ p1 ]- i5 u5 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRochette burst into tears. ?2 U, {3 z$ aAsthe 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. & J5 L- S; D" ^! ~$ n
With 71.36 points, Rochette was in third place - a position continued to hold after the final skaters had taken their bows. 3 U' r% T3 z* e2 W8 i9 ~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. . e9 H+ j- r8 I9 _# W N" ?Asada and Kim, both 19, skated back-to-back in the fifth flight of skaters on Tuesday. ?2 Q& I; A+ M- ?3 k4 @& e
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. * y# ?* J. C( ~( _" N, k" U7 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWith 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. 5.39.217.77- e' O5 ~% f$ J, O
Kim scored an unprecidented 78.50 points to take the lead./ D' N% `0 F4 t
