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Student athlete 2009 award ceremony

Kiira was awarded the student athlete of the year 2009 award last February, as we reported earlier. But since she couldn’t attend the award ceremony earlier, the award was given separately on Wednesday the 12th of May 2010.

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The deputy [...]

Kiira and Puma continuing their co-operation

PUMA Complete Running © 2010 Puma

Puma will continue as Kiira’s sponsor, and Kiira will be the cover of Puma’s new “PUMA Complete Running” -collection as stated in a press release by Puma.

In the press release Kiira praises Puma’s gear and says that they have proved to work well during exercise. She also says that the [...]

[Worlds 2010] Kiira Korpi’s Short Program

Kiira fell the first jump and got 51.72 points from her Short Program and placed on 8th place. Before the last group of 6 skaters she is 11th.

Video:

Interview:

Results:

FPl.NameNationPoints

1Mirai NAGASUUSA70.40

2Mao ASADAJPN68.08

3Laura LEPISTOFIN64.30

4Carolina KOSTNERITA62.20

5Ksenia MAKAROVARUS62.06

6Rachael FLATTUSA60.88

7Yu-Na KIMKOR60.30

8Cynthia PHANEUFCAN59.50

9Viktoria HELGESSONSWE56.32

10Julia SEBESTYENHUN56.10

11Miki ANDOJPN55.78

12Elene GEDEVANISHVILIGEO55.26

13Sarah HECKENGER55.20

14Alena LEONOVARUS54.36

15Jenna MCCORKELLGBR52.12

16Kiira KORPIFIN51.72

17Cheltzie LEEAUS51.36

18Yan LIUCHN49.96

19Anastasia GIMAZETDINOVAUZB49.10

20Akiko SUZUKIJPN48.36

[Vancouver 2010] Kiira Korpi was 11th overall

Kiira skated well in the Free Skating and got her all time best score of 108.61 and finished 11th in final standings.

In an interview afterwards, she also said (again) that she is going to continue to at least the next Olympics at Sochi, Russia in 2014.

Kiira in the kiss and cry of Vancouver 2010 [...]

[Vancouver 2010] Kiira Korpi got 52.96 pt for SP

Kiira Korpi skates her SP, Vancouver 2010 / photo:AP

Kiira Korpi fell the first element, triple lutz combo and got 52.96 points for her short program.
After 20 skaters, Kiira is now 7th place. Kiira is 17th place after SP.
See here for further results:

Media Coverage:

Aamulehti

Helsingin Sanomat

YLE

PlaceNameCountryPoints

1Yu-Na KimKOR78.5

2Mao AsadaJPN73.78

3Joannie RochetteCAN71.36

4Miki AndoJPN64.76

5Rachael FlattUSA64.64

6Mirai NagasuUSA63.76

7Carolina KostnerITA63.02

8Alena LeonovaRUS64.14

10Laura [...]

Interview of Kiira and Laura in Vancouver

The Finnish broadcasting company made an interview of Kiira and Laura when they were preparing for the competitions in Vancouver Olympic village.

Kiira presents figure skating in Yle olympic television

The Finnish broadcasting company is presenting different winter Olympic sports in their television coverage of Vancouver 2010 with the help of Finnish Olympic athletes and a young television host. Figure skating was featured last week, and the athlete presenting it was Kiira. The video has been recorded before Olympics in Hakametsä ice hall in Tampere [...]

New interview 20/02/2010

Here’s a new interview of Kiira in Vancouver, made yesterday (Saturday, February 20th). She seems to be in very good spirits and says that her practice skates have gone well. Not really new info there, but nice to see her feeling so confident and expecting the competition.

Kiira in February 2010 issue of “Gloria”

I already uploaded these to the Forum, but in order to have the files stored also in this site, here they are again. There is an altogether 6-page article of her in this Finnish women’s/fashion magazine (+ cover). The article is mostly about Kiira’s presence in media, peoples’ perception of her, her image – also [...]

Euros 2010 Kiira is 2nd after SP

Kiira Korpi is in 2nd after SP with her personal best score 64.26 at the European Championships 2010 in Tallin.

Media Coverages:

Aamulehti
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YLE
MTV3
Iltalehti

FPl.NameNationPointsSPFS

1Carolina KOSTNERITA65.801

2Kiira KORPIFIN64.262

3Laura LEPISTÖFIN62.963

4Elene GEDEVANISHVILIGEO60.824

5Alena LEONOVARUS58.265

6Julia SEBESTYENHUN57.446

7Valentina MARCHEIITA55.347

8Sarah MEIERSUI54.868

9Ksenia MAKAROVARUS54.069

10Tugba KARADEMIRTUR53.8810

11Jenna MCCORKELLGBR53.8011

12Viktoria HELGESSONSWE50.8612

13Elena GLEBOVAEST50.1013

14Oksana GOZEVARUS47.2614

15Ivana REITMAYEROVASVK47.0615

16Sarah HECKENGER46.3416

17Sonia LAFUENTEESP45.2617

18Susanna PÖYKIÖFIN44.6818

19Teodora POSTICSLO44.4619

20Natalia POPOVAUKR44.3020