Kim Yu-na grabs sixth Grand Prix title with record score

PARIS, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- World champion title holder Kim Yu-na of South Korea
won the Grand Prix figure skating series opener Saturday in Paris with a record
210.03, breaking her own record score.
The 19-year-old scored a total of 210.03 points at Trophee Eric Bompard, with
133.95 points in the free skate. She topped her personal best and world record of
207.71 set in the world championship competition in March.
Mao Asada, who slipped after her double axel, came in second with an overall
173.99 points, and her Japanese compatriot Yukari Nagano ranked third with 165.70
points.
Kim won her first Grand Prix at the Paris event in 2006 and has never missed one
since then. She also has two Grand Prix Final titles.
Skating to George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F Major, Kim captivated the
audience with a triple lutz-tripe toe loop combination jump that opened the
program.
Although she skipped a triple flip, six other jumps, flying sit spin and spiral
sequence stood out.
The South Korean skater will compete in Skate America in Lake Placid, New York,
next month to qualify for the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo in December. Only the top
six skaters who gain the most points through six Grnd Prix series events will
earn their spots in Tokyo.
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