The women's singles figure skating competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 23 and 25 February at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada, and featured 30 skaters from 23 nations. Yuna Kim of South Korea won the gold medal, Mao Asada of Japan won the silver medal, and Joannie Rochette of Canada won the bronze. Kim set new world record scores in the short program, free skating, and overall total, winning the first ever Olympic medal for South Korea in figure skating. Asada became the first woman to successfully perform a triple Axel in the short program, as well as two in the free skate. Rochette's bronze medal was bittersweet, as her mother had died of a heart attack just four days prior. Women's figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver — the final on February 25, 2010. 🥇 Yuna Kim (KOR) · 🥈 Mao Asada · 🥉 Joannie Rochette Wiki link