2010 World Championships - Final Results + Notes

2010 World Champion Mao Asada

Mao Asada - Gold

Yuna Kim - Silver

Laura Lepisto - Bronze

4. Miki Ando

5. Cynthia Phaneuf

6. Carolina Kostner

7. Mirai Nagasu

8. Ksenia Makarova

9. Rachael Flatt

10. Viktoria Helgesson

Mao Asada becomes the first woman to regain the World title since Irina Slutskaya in 2005. Yuna Kim's inability to defend her world title means Katarina Witt remains the last woman to go undefeated all season in the year she took Olympic gold. Laura Lepisto is the first lady from Finland to ever medal at the World Championships. Cynthia Phaneuf has bragging rights as the highest placing North American skater. For the third straight season, the lady with the higher US Nationals finish is not the highest placing American at worlds.

Can Yuna Kim Channel Her Inner Katarina Witt?

Katarina Witt went undefeated in the 1987-88 season

As Yuna Kim prepares to defend her World title this week, it's worth noting that a win would make her undefeated all season long. Who was the last Olympic ladies champion to produce a flawless season in the year she won? None other than Katarina Witt in 1988. Shizuka Arakawa (2006), Sarah Hughes (2002), Tara Lipinski (1998), Oksana Baiul (1994) and Kristi Yamaguchi (1992) all had blemished records in the same season they won Olympic gold.

Yuna Kim goes for a perfect season this week.

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Three Olympic Ladies Champions on "Thin Ice" Tonight

Kristi Yamaguchi will be a judge on tonight's "Thin Ice"

Tonight at 8 p.m./7 p.m. Central, ABC premieres their new reality competition "Thin Ice." The premise: 10 professional figure skaters from four skating disciplines - ladies, mens, pairs and ice dance - will be paired as five couples and compete for $220,000 in prize money. 2006 Olympic Champion Shizuka Arakawa will represent the ladies discipline, while 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and 1984 and 1988 Olympic Champion Katarina Witt will serve on the judging panel.

Joannie Rochette will also appear on the show to skate a special exhibition for her deceased mother.

All Vancouver Medalists To Compete At Worlds

1988 Olympic Podium - Liz Manley, Katarina Witt and Debi Thomas

2010 Olympic Podium - Mao Asada, Yuna Kim and Joannie Rochette

1988 was the last time the entire ladies Olympic podium competed at Worlds - until 2010. Vancouver medalists Yuna Kim, Mao Asada and Joannie Rochette have all verbally committed to the upcoming 2010 World Championships in Torino. Witt, Manley and Thomas all repeated their finishes from the 1988 Olympics when they competed at Worlds a month later. Will Kim, Asada and Rochette do the same?

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