Kim Yu-na sets world record in short program at Skate America

LAKE PLACID, New York, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- Figure skating world champion Kim
Yu-na of South Korea easily won the short program at Skate America on Saturday
with a flawless performance that set a new world record.
The 19-year-old, dressed in black with jeweled straps, received 76.28 points in
the short program of the 2009-2010 fifth Grand Prix series competition, outdoing
her own best and former world record of 76.12 set at the world championship in
March.
She surpassed her rivals by some 20 points. American Rachel Flatt came in second
with 58.50, while Hungary's Julia Sebestyen was third with 58.54.
Skating to a James Bond medley, she opened with a clean triple lutz-triple toe
loop combination, followed by a triple flip and double axel and solid footwork.
She will perform the long program on Sunday aiming for her seventh consecutive
Grand Prix victory ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
brk@yna.co.kr
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