Pacific Coliseum

Wild final night at short track: Ohno earns 8th medal; Wang wins 3rd gold; 2 wins for Canada. Apolo Anton Ohno held up eight fingers, smiled and basked in the cheers from the crowd on the final night of his so-called "home" Olympics.

Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette has revealed she is planning a Celine Dion-themed tribute to her mother who died just days before her podium finish in Vancouver during Saturday's figure skating gala.

It was fitting that Asian skating sensation Kim Yu-Na should be wearing royal blue as the girl, dubbed 'Queen Yu-Na' in her native South Korea, was finally crowned Olympic champion on Thursday.

It was fitting that Asian skating sensation Kim Yu-Na should be wearing royal blue as the girl, dubbed 'Queen Yu-Na' in her native South Korea, was finally crowned Olympic champion on Thursday.

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Kim Yuna dissolved into tears after she obliterated the opposition to become the first South Korean to win an Olympic figure skating gold medal, while a grieving Joannie Rochette melted millions of hearts with a display of sheer courage.

Joannie Rochette put heartbreak aside with a gutsy performance which gave her an Olympic bronze in women's figure skating, just four days after the death of her mother on Thursday.

Favourite Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing as she gave South Korea their first ever Olympic figure skating title with a stunning performance.

Favourite Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing as she gave South Korea their first ever Olympic figure skating title with a stunning performance.

Favourite Kim Yu-Na lived up to her star billing as she gave South Korea their first ever Olympic figure skating title with a stunning performance.

Canada charged past arch ice hockey enemy the United States to win the women's gold medal as rookie German Viktoria Rebensburg claimed her country's first Olympic giant slalom title in 54 years.

Viktoria Rebensburg won Germany's first women's giant slalom gold in 54 years on Thursday as 'Bond girl' Kim Yu-Na targets fellow starlet Mao Asada in a showdown for the women's figure skating title.

Austria's Elisabeth Goergl guns for Olympic gold in the women's giant slalom on Thursday as 'Bond girl' Kim Yu-Na targets fellow starlet Mao Asada in a showdown for the women's figure skating title.

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette was hailed by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge on Wednesday for her heroic Vancouver performance just two days after her mother's death.

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette was hailed on Wednesday for her heroic performance which put her on the road to an Olympic medal just two days after her mother's death.

Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette was hailed on Wednesday for her heroic performance which put her on the road to an Olympic medal just two days after her mother's death.

South Korea world champion Kim Yu-Na drew first blood in the Asian glamour battle for Olympic Games figure skating gold after setting a new world mark.

South Korea world champion Kim Yu-Na drew first blood in the Asian glamour battle for Olympic Games figure skating gold as Canada restored its battered hockey pride and celebrated a new national heroine.

License to Thrill: South Korea's Kim sets record, routs strong field in women's short program. If the Olympics are just another competition, then James Bond is just another secret agent. And Kim Yu-na is just another skater.

South Korea world champion Kim Yu-Na drew first blood in the Asian glamour battle for Olympic Games figure skating gold as Canada restored its battered hockey pride and celebrated a new national heroine.

South Korea world champion Kim Yu-Na drew first blood in the Asian glamour battle for Olympic Games figure skating gold as Canada restored its battered hockey pride and celebrated a new national heroine.