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June 21, 2012

Kim Yuna will miss the 2011-12 Grand Prix

Kim Yuna will miss the 2011-12 Grand Prix Reigning Olympic gold medalist Yu-na Kim of South Korea will not compete this season,
Kim told reporters today that she is giving herself a longer break from competitive skating, saying, “After the Vancouver Olympics last year, it’s been a whirlwind of activities on top of all the preparations for competitions. I felt I needed to take a breather.”
So that is that. So now there is no Miki Ando and no Yu-na Kim this year. Chances are good we’ll get a brand new world champ this season and it will be interesting watching it. I feel like spectators are always missing out when Kim decides not to compete, however. If she does come back, I hope she does the whole season next time and not just worlds. No word yet on whether Kim is actually retiring.
Figure skater Kim Yu-na to sit out entire season
INCHEON, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) — Figure skater Kim Yu-na said Tuesday she will sit out the entire 2010-11 season but denied she was retiring from the sport.
“I’ve decided not to enter any event this upcoming season,” Kim told reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, upon returning from her training camp in Los Angeles. “After the Vancouver Olympics last year, it’s been a whirlwind of activities on top of all the preparations for competitions. I felt I needed to take a breather.”
After winning gold in ladies’ singles in Vancouver with a record total of 228.56 points, Kim didn’t compete in any of the Grand Prix events organized by the International Skating Union (ISU) the following season. She only entered the world championships in April this year, and finished second behind Miki Ando of Japan.

Ambivalence.

Neither Kim Yu-na nor her fellow Olympic champion Evan Lysacek seem to be able to make up their minds about their futures in skating. This disappoints me more in the case of Kim because she was pretty much the only reason why I watched any of the Olympics two seasons ago. Whatever happened to the days when skaters hung ‘em up and hit the road with ice shows? We’ve come to learn that many star athletes often have deeply mixed feelings about the sports they are so good at. (Andre Agassi’s admission that he spent a good chunk of his life hating tennis comes to mind.) I think that Kim Yu-na still likes the competition and grand stage of figure skating but hates the grind required to stay there, so she literally can’t make up her mind whether or not to call it quits. And Yu-na knows that the source of her popularity and wealth depends a lot on her staying competitive. We’ll probably know for sure around this time next year. If Yu-na doesn’t skate in 2012-13, then we can be pretty certain she’s be done for good. For my own part, I’d like to see Yu-na go all in for at least one more season.

Kim Yuna will miss the 2011-12 Grand Prix

June 21, 2012

Ladies ice dance Seasons

The 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was held in Beijing, China.

Ladies medalists
Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995–1996	Paris	Michelle Kwan	Irina Slutskaya	Josée Chouinard
1996–1997	Hamilton	Tara Lipinski	Michelle Kwan	Irina Slutskaya
1997–1998	Munich	Tara Lipinski	Tanja Szewczenko	Maria Butyrskaya
1998–1999	St. Petersburg	Tatiana Malinina	Maria Butyrskaya	Irina Slutskaya
1999–2000	Lyon	Irina Slutskaya	Michelle Kwan	Maria Butyrskaya
2000–2001	Tokyo	Irina Slutskaya	Michelle Kwan	Sarah Hughes
2001–2002	Kitchener	Irina Slutskaya	Michelle Kwan	Sarah Hughes
2002–2003	St. Petersburg	Sasha Cohen	Irina Slutskaya	Viktoria Volchkova
2003–2004	Colorado Springs	Fumie Suguri	Sasha Cohen	Shizuka Arakawa
2004–2005	Beijing	Irina Slutskaya	Shizuka Arakawa	Joannie Rochette
2005–2006	Tokyo	Mao Asada	Irina Slutskaya	Yukari Nakano
2006–2007	St. Petersburg	Kim Yu Na	Mao Asada	Sarah Meier
2007–2008	Turin	Kim Yu Na	Mao Asada	Carolina Kostner
2008–2009	Goyang	Mao Asada	Kim Yu Na	Carolina Kostner
2009–2010	Tokyo	Kim Yu Na	Miki Ando	Akiko Suzuki
2010–2011	Beijing	Alissa Czisny	Carolina Kostner	Kanako Murakami
2011–2012	Quebec City	Carolina Kostner	Akiko Suzuki	Alena Leonova
2012–2013	Sochi
2013–2014	To be determined

Ladies ice dance Seasons

Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

1995–1996 • 1996–1997 • 1997–1998 • 1998–1999 • 1999–2000 2000–2001 • 2001–2002 • 2002–2003 • 2003–2004 • 2004–2005 • 2005–2006 • 2006–2007 • 2007–2008 • 2008–2009 • 2009–2010 2010–2011 • 2011–2012 • 2012–2013

2005–2006 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an elite figure skating competition. Its name is often abbreviated “Grand Prix Final”. Skaters compete in men’s singles, ladies’ singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The Grand Prix Final is the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Cup of China, Trophée Eric Bompard, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.
The 2005–2006 competition took place in the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from December 16 through December 18, 2005.
Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Mao Asada	Japan	189.62	1	1
2	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	181.48	2	2
3	Yukari Nakano	Japan	161.82	4	3
4	Miki Ando	Japan	157.30	3	4
5	Elena Sokolova	Russia	150.08	5	5
6	Alissa Czisny	United States	140.90	6	6

2006–2007 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2006 competition took place at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia from December 14 through December 17.

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Kim Yu-Na	South Korea	184.20	3	1
2	Mao Asada	Japan	172.52	1	4
3	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	170.28	4	2
4	Fumie Suguri	Japan	158.78	5	3
5	Miki Ando	Japan	157.32	2	6
6	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	142.69	6	5

2007–2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2007–2008 competition took place at the Palavela in Turin, Italy from December 13 through December 16, 2007.

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Kim Yu-Na	South Korea	196.83	1	2
2	Mao Asada	Japan	191.59	6	1
3	Carolina Kostner	Italy	178.93	3	3
4	Caroline Zhang	United States	176.48	2	4
5	Yukari Nakano	Japan	172.96	4	5
6	Kimmie Meissner	United States	154.22	5	6

2008–2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Grand Prix Final was held in Goyang, South Korea from December 10–14, 2008. The event was organized by the Korea Skating Union. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men’s singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior and junior levels.
Unlike the other events in both series, there was no compulsory dance portion of the competition. Ice dancers were ranked in the
original dance starting order in reverse order of their qualification to the Final.

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Mao Asada	Japan	188.55	2	1
2	Kim Yu-Na	South Korea	186.35	1	2 The ladies podium. From left: Kim Yu-Na (2nd), Mao Asada (1st), Carolina Kostner (3rd).
3	Carolina Kostner	Italy	168.01	4	4
4	Joannie Rochette	Canada	166.36	6	3
5	Yukari Nakano	Japan	161.93	3	6
6	Miki Ando	Japan	158.25	5	5

2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Kim Yu-Na	South Korea	188.86 Points	2	1
2	Miki Ando	Japan	185.94	1	2
3	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	174.00	5	3
4	Ashley Wagner	United States	162.07	6	4
5	Joannie Rochette	Canada	156.71	4	5
6	Alena Leonova	Russia	156.55	3	6

June 19, 2012

2006-2007 Grand Prix Final

2006-2007 Grand Prix Final
At the 2006-2007 Grand Prix Final in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Kim Yu-Na was placed 3rd in the short program with 65.06 points and 1st place in the free skate with 119.14. points. Yu-Na won the Grand Prix Final with 184.20 points, 11.68 points ahead of silver medalist Mao Asada.

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Kim Yu-Na	South Korea	184.20	3	1
2	Mao Asada	Japan	172.52	1	4
3	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	170.28	4	2
4	Fumie Suguri	Japan	158.78	5	3
5	Miki Ando	Japan	157.32	2	6
6	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	142.69	6	5

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2006-2007 Grand Prix Final 2006 Grand Prix Final GALA Yu-Na KIM Reflection

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2006-2007 Grand Prix Final

Ladies ice dance Seasons

Season

Location

Gold

Silver

Bronze

To be determined

Ladies ice dance Seasons

1995–1996 • 1996–1997 • 1997–1998 • 1998–1999 • 1999–2000 2000–2001 • 2001–2002 • 2002–2003 • 2003–2004 • 2004–2005 • 2005–2006 • 2006–2007 • 2007–2008 • 2008–2009 • 2009–2010 2010–2011 • 2011–2012 • 2012–2013

Ladies

Rank

Name

Nation

Total Points

SP

FS

1

184.20

3

1

2

172.52

1

4

3

170.28

4

2

4

158.78

5

3

5

157.32

2

6

6

142.69

6

5

Ladies

1995–1996 • 1996–1997 • 1997–1998 • 1998–1999 • 1999–2000
2000–2001 • 2001–2002 • 2002–2003 • 2003–2004 • 2004–2005 • 2005–2006 • 2006–2007 • 2007–2008 • 2008–2009 • 2009–2010
2010–2011 • 2011–2012 • 2012–2013