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...Staff writer Xi Yu can be reached at xyu@college.harvard.edu...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GSE Students Showcase 'Learning Through Libraries' Project | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...lenses and lugged all of his equipment to the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver before the sun rose. A photographer for the Yonhap News Agency in South Korea, Han arrived at 6:40 a.m., hoping for a prime location to shoot pictures of South Korea's gold medal favorite, Kim Yu-na, who wasn't scheduled to compete until that evening. What he wanted was a place just to the right of the judges' table, and he knew he needed to get there early to claim it. That's where Kim would strike the final pose in her short program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skaters Kim and Asada Carry the Hope of Two Nations | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...loop combination. Like the secret agent she was portraying in her program, Kim then masterfully executed element after element, weaving technical precision with artistic expression that earned her own season's best score from the judges. "The short program is so short, and there are so many requirements, but Yu-na is able to make it into something fun and attractive to look at," says Michelle Kwan, the most decorated U.S. skater, who earned a silver medal at the Salt Lake City Games and is in Vancouver as a skating correspondent. (See pictures of Olympic fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skaters Kim and Asada Carry the Hope of Two Nations | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...that she will need in order to beat Kim, whose technical precision on spins and footwork can pile on the points. "She has nothing to lose," says Kwan of Asada's strategy for the free program. "She's got to nail the two triple-Axels thinking that Yu-na will do a clean program. If Yu-na does a clean program, the only way Mao can be competitive with her is to do both triple-Axels and her jump combination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skaters Kim and Asada Carry the Hope of Two Nations | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...keeps everybody on the edge of their seats, and that's exciting," Orser says of the competition between Kim and Asada. "It's exciting for Yu-na. She's a pretty fierce competitor, and this is no time to hold back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skaters Kim and Asada Carry the Hope of Two Nations | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

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