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Rochette misses podium at Grand Prix finalskip to main content (press enter) CBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Commonwealth Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Rochette misses podium at Grand Prix finalLast Updated Saturday December 5 2009 942 AM ET Comments5Recommend9CBC Sports Joannie Rochette performs in Saturdays free skate (Toshifumi KitamuraAFPGetty Images)Asian skaters swept the womens podium at the ISU Grand Prix final in Tokyo while Canadian Joannie Rochette finished out of the medals after a disappointing free skate on SaturdayWorld champion Kim YuNa of South Korea captured her third Grand Prix title in four years earning the top score in the free skate to rally from second spot and finish with 18886 pointsThat was just enough to overtake shortprogram leader Miki Ando of Japan who dropped to second with 18594 points Teammate Akiko Suzuki moved up from fifth to third with 174Im still not completely satisfied my performance said Kim who landed four triple jumps My jumps werent perfect but I will use the experience I gained here to build for the futureRochette who was fourth after the short program wound up fifth at 15671 in the competition for the top six skaters in the regularseason Grand Prix standingsThe native of lle Dupas Que who called the free skate her worst performance in a long time will turn her attention to the Canadian figure skating championships which start Jan 11 in London Ont That competition determines who represents Canada at the Vancouver Olympics in FebruaryI need to go home and start to train as if it were the early season again Rochette a silver medallist at the last world championships told reporters on a conference callI know I can turn this aroundAmerican Ashley Wagner moved up from last place to fourth Russias Alena Leonova who held the final podium position after the short program dropped all the way down to sixthWith files from The Associated Press This story is now closed to commentingNote The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted Please note that comments are published acc...