South Korea held its breath during the performance - even trading on the stock exchange went down by 50 percent, while the 19-year-old Kim Yu-Na dazzled the world and brought home gold in figure skating.
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South Korea's Kim Yu-Na holds her gold medal at the women's figure skating competition at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver on ThursdayImage: AP