Young figure skaters have role models in Kim Yu-Na, Mao Asada and Canadian Joannie Rochette
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Young skater at the 2010 US Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, WA. Photo by Sue Frause. |
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea was perfection. Mao Asada from Japan the two triple axel queen. Quebec's Joannie Rochette a vision of blue courage.
Here's to the gold, silver and bronze medal winners -- and to Joannie and her father, who tragically lost their beloved mother and wife. She was most certainly smiling down on the ice on Thursday night.