Taipei Times
Date: Jan 25, 2018
By: AFP, TAIPEI
North Korean figure skaters Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik were greeted by an
Ryom Tae-ok, left, and Kim Ju-sik of North Korea perform a pairs short program at the Four Continents championships in Taipei yesterday. Photo: EPA
enthusiastic crowd who threw them toys and flowers yesterday at the Four Continents championships in Taipei ahead of their highly anticipated Olympic bid.
Fans clapped and shouted at the end of their performance of Jeff Beck’s rendition of The Beatles’ A Day in the Life, with one spectator flying a South Korean flag.
Although their routine ranked them first initially in the pairs short program and gave them a personal record of 65.25 points, they were eventually edged out of the top three and ended fourth.
US duo Ashley Cain and Timothy Leduc placed first with 66.76 points, Australians Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor took second with 66.45, and Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea, also of the US, came third with 65.74. [FULL STORY]
