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well for the British pairs it is Jane Torville and Christopher dean
The ladies' single (figure skating) world record was the the most significant record broken at the 2010 Olympic games. Kim Yuna of South Korea broken the then world record in the short program, free skate, and total.
Skateboarding isn't in the Olympics
the figure skating record
Athlete: Eric Heiden of the United States with 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Country: Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
The previous record for gold medals by the host country was 10. The previous best for gold medals at the winter games, host or not, was 13 by Norway and Russia.
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As for the Winter Olympics of 2010, the country that holds the record for getting the most medals at a single Winter Olympics is Canada, and the country that has a higher total number of medals won is the United States.
Eric Heiden's record for the most medals won in a single Olympic Games was broken by Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie. Heiden achieved his record by winning five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Dæhlie surpassed this feat by winning eight medals, including seven golds, over the course of the 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano Olympics.
The country that holds the Guinness Record for most medals won in a single Summer Olympics is The United States, with 239 medals, of which 78 were gold, 82 were silver and 79 were bronze.
USA broke the record for Most medals won at a single Winter Olympics by a country, with a mark of 37 just inching past the 36 medals won by Germany in 2002.