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Lloyd's of London pay out to Yuna Kim



01 March 2010 @ 09:33 am BST

Lloyd's of London, the world's leading specialist insurer is paying out to South Korean star, Yuna Kim after her Gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

Yuna, 19, insured her 228.56 score against a Lloyd's syndicate who will pay out to her $1 million for achieving it.

Kim completed 11 jumps perfectly, exceeding her previous world record score in the free programme to post 150.06 winning her the gold.

Meanwhile, Mao Asada, her closest competitor posted just 131.72 after she performed poorly with claims that underrotating on her jumps 'flattered' her score which could have been even lower.

Yuna, meanwhile will be the richest athlete at the Olympics, banking an extra $1 million.

See her short programme performance below:

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1.
1 Mar 2010, 19:00 BST

She deserves the $1mil for what she did. Yuna is spectacular. I hope she stays healthy and keeps breaking her own world records.
2.
1 Mar 2010, 19:09 BST

Did you really watched their FPS?? Kim skated clean and beautifully, of course she deserved Gold medal, Asada actually made some mistakes but who says her score was flattered? If it was, she should've got more GOE points, shouldn't she? Frankly speaking, Nagasu was much better than Rochette, who made more mistakes than Asada but got very close score to her. Why can't you be truth-seeking journalist? By the way, insure on one's own score isn't against Olympic Charter? How about wearing products like pierced earrings, which one is being a poster child for?
5.
2 Mar 2010, 09:09 BST

Luna, Why are YOU hiding the truth? Yuna’s triple lutz (3) triple toe (3) = (6) combination has a higher GOE than Asada’s triple-axel (3 1/2) double toe (2) = (5 ½) combination. Why are you purposely spreading lies? Rochette won the Bronze by her combined two programs; short and ‘free style.’ Why do you discount Rochette’s short program which was much higher than Nagasu? Why do you in both instances think Japanese skaters did better via false information? Terrible, lying Jap!
7.
2 Mar 2010, 16:44 BST

??????
8.
2 Mar 2010, 16:50 BST

This is a scandal !
11.
2 Mar 2010, 18:03 BST

Kim skated great, but I have been wondering...was it the best skating ever in the history? Why should both SP and LP scores be rocketed sky-high? This explains everything.
12.
2 Mar 2010, 19:06 BST

What is This?
19.
2 Mar 2010, 21:41 BST

oh.........
22.
3 Mar 2010, 00:58 BST

wow......
24.
3 Mar 2010, 01:04 BST

I think Kimchi commited a great injustice. Oh, u don't know Kim means Kimuchi ;)
25.
3 Mar 2010, 01:22 BST

Mmm.. I can smell poor english from far away and these comments smells like butt-hurt japanese english. She deserved the cash and the glory, live with it, Japan.
30.
3 Mar 2010, 02:44 BST

Korean is liar. I have to name their "Koliar".
34.
3 Mar 2010, 03:16 BST

Fraud...
40.
3 Mar 2010, 04:03 BST

This is no fair judge .
45.
3 Mar 2010, 04:41 BST

Korea is a coward
47.
3 Mar 2010, 05:23 BST

?????????????????
50.
3 Mar 2010, 05:54 BST

Kim and her coach invited ISU judge informally 2 times per month this season, and got many advices to get huge point from them. They had that certain unfair way, they won the Game easily. Kim could win gold even without that unfair way, but she also had to win 1 million, so they were desperate so much. Why couldn't Lloyd's of London find it out before? Lacks ability for danger prediction.
53.
3 Mar 2010, 08:21 BST

It shall not be South Korean that protects....
56.
3 Mar 2010, 09:49 BST

Dude.?This is awful.? South Korea and Japan are foolish.?This game is over.
58.
3 Mar 2010, 10:03 BST

this is unfair game
61.
3 Mar 2010, 11:02 BST

its pays for judges .
63.
3 Mar 2010, 11:37 BST

The Olympic game is over. But the war between Lloyd's of London and South Korean banks has just begun. Lloyd's will conduct an exhaustive investigation of this case. Can South Korean banks win $1 million? it's very interesting!
72.
3 Mar 2010, 14:23 BST

We hate unfair kimchi skater!
73.
3 Mar 2010, 14:24 BST

The person who does something dishonest is disliked. That much.
76.
3 Mar 2010, 14:40 BST

I hope Olympic game will be clean as it used to be.
79.
3 Mar 2010, 18:19 BST

Oh, Jap losers are shouting something.
81.
3 Mar 2010, 21:04 BST

Evidence shows us Yu-Na.Kim and Korean judge is not fair ^ ^. Gold medal is for Asada.
88.
4 Mar 2010, 03:10 BST

ugly japs
89.
4 Mar 2010, 03:27 BST

This is a terrible behavior. To obtain the gold medal, may she do any bad thing?
90.
4 Mar 2010, 06:04 BST

Hers score is too high...
101.
4 Mar 2010, 10:55 BST

Even though I am a Japanese, I don't understand why many Japanese people underestimate Kim. She is one of great skaters. Asada is, of course, a great skater, too. But she made small but obvious mistakes while Kim did not. At least we should accept it.
105.
4 Mar 2010, 13:00 BST

!!!??????????/
107.
4 Mar 2010, 13:25 BST

I think Kim's 1 million doesn't even have anything to do with Asada. The corres. should be dirty gook.
108.
4 Mar 2010, 13:26 BST

It is doubtful that a swindle act to receive $1 million from Lloyd's is done. This is a scandal. South Korean umpire who actually applied point by the Olympics. Only one sis person applied the demerit mark of -2 points to the Asada Mao's 3A. Demerit mark of -2 points that doesn't attach as long as it doesn't fall. By the way, the ISU vice-chairman is Korean. She is a same person who gave a demerit mark.
109.
4 Mar 2010, 14:17 BST

poor japanese
110.
4 Mar 2010, 15:31 BST

What do you think of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_yXo9inWDI
112.
4 Mar 2010, 16:59 BST

GOE Woman Kim:17.40 Asada:8.82 GOE Man Lysacheck: 9.64 Plushenko: 7.68 Everyone look!! it's so obvious that Kim is a really good skater!!
113.
4 Mar 2010, 17:08 BST

Funny to see "Horrible Japanese-English and Ugly Korean Supporters".
115.
4 Mar 2010, 18:34 BST

GOE! I wish to know the reason why Kim's GOE was so high. Wasn't it too high?
116.
4 Mar 2010, 18:47 BST

What's with all these cry baby Japanese people? They're going so low as to attempt to make false rumors. Come on, you're making Japanese people look bad, stop it.
120.
5 Mar 2010, 00:36 BST

I wonder why so many people show interest in Japan. Please leave Ms. Kim alone. She is excellent, that is it. period!
131.
5 Mar 2010, 09:13 BST

Nobody trust South Korea. Dont forget what happened in 1992 FIFA World Cup. They cant sports.
132.
5 Mar 2010, 09:33 BST

ummmm, The ISU is 70% sponsored by Japanese corp.s so if there was any unfair judging, who do you think would get it?
134.
5 Mar 2010, 16:52 BST

Why does the Japanese come out? It is South Korean's story.
135.
6 Mar 2010, 11:11 BST

It advertises it putting on accessories of the jewelry company that contracts while playing a game. Her business is very good. However, yuna ..the violation it... You do not have the qualification that gives the gold medal.
136.
6 Mar 2010, 17:30 BST

yuna Kim Violation of Olympic Charter
137.
6 Mar 2010, 18:50 BST

Korea.....lol
139.
7 Mar 2010, 21:40 BST

Kim is not so great. 12 year girl in the States did the same performance of her. But Asada's tricks is impossible to copy.
140.
8 Mar 2010, 01:29 BST

What a shameless gold medalist.
141.
8 Mar 2010, 21:19 BST

Indeed Kim was good and skated clean but many figure skating fans are suspicious of her sky-high scores for her performances. Were they that good compared to other great skaters in the figure skating history? In that sense, don’t you think Mao Asada was the one to make history with 3 triple axels? Kim even got higher GOE points than any other male skaters including Evan the men’s gold medalist and Plushenko with quad-triple combinations. If it were not that high scores for Kim I wouldn’t think there were unfair judges...As an American I feel so sorry for Evan for the fact he’s indirectly said he’s inferior to Kim. Then this Lloyd ‘scandal’...Something smells so fishy...
144.
10 Mar 2010, 02:48 BST

money power
145.
11 Mar 2010, 06:57 BST

unfair unfair unfair
146.
11 Mar 2010, 09:06 BST

So what?
147.
18 Mar 2010, 18:27 BST

How about Olympic Charter? Is this OK with it? This is a kind of gamble, isn't it?
148.
18 Mar 2010, 23:27 BST

Kim spend heaps of money to buy judged in Oloympics and whole season of 2009 Kim side has kept changed regulations and rules of Skating since 2007to make things easier for KIm to get gold. It is a biggest intrigue which gave KIm highest black score
150.
2 Apr 2010, 06:41 BST

Did you watch the World 2010 ? I want to ask the people above whether she deserved silver medal or not.
153.
28 Apr 2010, 19:49 BST

TOTAL TRAVESTY

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