Fuji & Asahi Commentary

Original broadcast: Asahi
Original Translation from Japanese to Korean: ?
Korean Translation to English by Realdeal (YNKF)

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Commentator: In GP series, she's 2 for 2 in China and Russia! Her standings so far match that of Asada Mao as they meet in this GPF. In the SP, however, the result contrasted against each other. This skater is on the top. But Asada Mao earned a big score in the Free Skate. So…will the victory go to Asada Mao or will this skater defend the queen's perch? The final skater of the GPF…This is Korea's Kim Yuna.

C: Kim Yuna from Korea. Music is from the musical Miss Saigon. She has a 3/3 combination in the beginning which she missed yesterday.

Arakawa: 3F-3T

C: She's done it today!

A: She maintained an incredible speed right before the jump without killing it.

A: 3Lo.

C: Fall! (Ouch!)

A: She fell in the practice as well so maybe that made her little nervous.

C: Will she recover from that mistake?

A: 3Lz-2T. This skater improves her expressiveness as year goes by so she's comparable to adults in terms of facial expression and every other aspects.

C: She earned level 4 in both spiral and spin yesterday. That was the highest score.

A: 2A-3T. She's done it beautifully.

C: And the spin that sparks of originality. [a bent-leg layover camel]

A: 3Lz. She's done it cleanly this time as well.

A: 3S. Up to the last year, her performances tend to get dragged down after a mistake but no such thing has happened in this season.

C: Her facial expression, body movements, and mental strength has matured pretty well. She has raised step's level with each competition this season.

C: From Ina Bauer…

A: Double Axel. She's done it so easily and lightly.

C: She's successfully executed the last jump.

(music ends)

C: She did not allow the mistake to affect the rest of performance. She gave a nod to herself for the great performance. Despite the mistake, the performance that followed after shined even more, no?

A: Yes, it was. If you fall, timings are bound to be off little afterwards but, without any of those, she showed a wonderful performance to the end.

C: Wow. Mr. Matsuoka (Matsuoka-san). This turned out to be a great battle (=fight or competition), isn't it?

Matsuoka: Yes, putting the competition aside, Ms. Kim Yuna (Kim Yuna-san) has a strong mental fortitude…This is a great performance. Isn't that so, Ms. Arakawa?

A: Yes, it is. She must have known Asada Mao's score or have had a rough idea how good Mao's performance was. She controlled those thoughts and showed that she's become mentally stronger this season. We're now looking at this first jump, 3-3, I thought she just charged on with an incredible speed but she also controlled it well and transferred the energy to the jump. That will get big GOEs.

Matsuoka: Her jumps seem to embody speed, height, and expressiveness…

A: Yes, they really are. Their quality was high in every aspect.

Mastsuoka: This jump (3Lz).

A: 3Lz. To the very last, she showed everything beautifully and strongly. [=not same as “powerful”]

Matsukoa: She won the GPF last year in which she commented, “I didn't win because I'm stronger but because others made mistake.” But I believe she's made it here through her skills and strength alone this year.

A: Yes, that's true. She came to the GPF by winning the competitions all by herself.

M: Well…she nodded to herself with a smile. Putting the competition and result aside, she showed a great performance to the audience. Ah…these performances are something that the both [Yuna and Mao] can appreciate and accept…

(Score is announced)

M: Here is the score! 72.25. This technical score is one point lower than Asada Mao. PCS is 60.96. This surpasses Asada Mao's. There's one point deduction for the fall but the total is 132.21…and this score means…the combined total score is about to be announced…And she outdid Asada Mao! 196.83! That's a great score by Kim Yuna! Of course, it all came down to the wire between these two! Two 17-year-old prodigies! But this time it goes to Kim Yuna! She lost but Asada Mao also showed a great performance! It resulted in a great and memorable duel. [Text in bold is not in this clip but from the other.]

Original Translation from Japanese to Korean: ?
Korean Translation to English by Nadia (YNKF)

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In Vancouver – the stage for the upcoming Olympics – her SP set the world record score. Recreation of that perfection is the way for her to claim the World title. [The commentator is referring to the recent 2009 Four Continents Championship, which was in Vancouver, and where Yu-Na set a record score in the SP.]

Her SP sets high expectations in the arena.

Music - Dance Macabre

Maintaining her speed…she goes into the triple/triple.

Triple flip, triple toeloop, she did it. Her second jump was high. She's likely to get a big GOE.

Step to triple lutz. Speed is excellent & movement is good.

She's displaying all her skills / technique we've seen during practice and warmup.

Double axel.

She's very calm.

It's a great step seq, set to rhythm & tempo of the music.

It's well-choreographed.

She's recreated perfection in L.A.

Once again, she's shown her perfect SP in front of the world crowd. The audience is on their feet, and Yuna is responding with a smile & wave.

She's dominated SP.

She did it despite the pressure / tension. [Shizuka] Arawaka-san? (he's basically asking for Arakawa's opinion)

Arakawa: It was really an amazing short program. Musicality was superb, nothing to nitpick about her technique, today's SP was perfect. Her step, spins, jumps, every element is likely to receive GOEs. Despite the tense pressure, she was able to manage herself, and her mental control is surprising (in a good way).

Yaginuma-san, Yuna's been perfect even during practice, and she's shown exactly that here too.

Yaginuma: That's true, and it makes you wonder how much work and practice went into prepping for the World Competition that led to this result. And she's done her official practice w/ great confidence. The fact that she performed SP with the confidence that she can do it and that she's not nervous / anxious has led to today's success. It was indeed amazing.

Former WC Brian Orser, but he's never achieved his OGM dream. This is a path he's walking with Yuna.

Now we're seeing Mao's expression.

Yuna sets another new record, going way over her previous score of 72.24.

Wow! Incredible.

76.12!

She sets an incredible score.

Kim Yuna, indisputable #1.