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alfoalfo

Rinkside
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Mar 14, 2010
Okay, this is it. I promise this is my last post not related to Yuna News. Thanks again for bearing with me.

lols i initially read it as "i promise this will be my last post" and thought, nooo! cos i like reading ur posts (ive been a long time lurker but a newbie poster :) )
i thinks its only natural that we as fans will defend Yuna from statements that are rather on the harsh side of 'constructive criticism', especially if its allllwaaaays regarding the SAME complaints.
in all seriousness, is it Yuna's fault that what she does is what the judges like? is it her fault that what she does, she does so well that the judges want to give her those marks?
lols, yes just blame her for being too good at what she does :unsure:


Festa on Ice 2010 cast

Yu-Na
Dom/Shab
Brian Joubert
Kiira Korpi
Patrick Chan
Zhang/Zhang
Tomas Verner
Ilia Kulik
Shae-lynn Bourne
and more...

wow! what a cast! thanks for sharing ehdtkqorl123 :)
awww.. no Michelle Kwan.. but i know im asking for too much lols.

:O Oh wow, looks exciting! Niiiicceee. Hmm... I wonder if Michelle Kwan will also be invited like she was in the '09 show? And this is a really REALLY far-fetched dream of mine, but I'd be really happy if Mao also skated in it lols. XD

you're not alone there Lilith11, i too want to see Mao and Yuna in an ice show, and i strongly believe it will happen sooner or later.. probably the latter.

OT - why doesnt Yuna get invited to Skate Canada and NHK Trophy?

Anyway, not sure if this has been posted:

Olympians Dominate February Athlete of the Month Award
9 March 2010 (Source)

Olympic gold-medal winners Shaun White of the United States and Kim Yu Na of South Korea were named the United States Sports Academy’s February Athletes of the Month.

There were many multiple gold-medal winners at the Vancouver Games, but White and Yu Na, each of whom competed in only one event, dominated their only competitions like few others. Considering their ages (White is 23 and Yu Na is 19), they might be grabbing headlines for years to come.

Yu Na, the reigning world champion, had one of the best performances in the history of the sport. Her total of 228.56 points shattered her career-best and world record by 18 points to become the first South Korean to win a figure skating medal. South Korea is so enamored by her performance that it has commissioned a coin in her honor.

The runner-up in the women’s vote was United States skier Lindsey Vonn, who won a gold medal in the women’s downhill and added a bronze medal in the Super G.Athlete of the Month winners are eligible to be included in the Academy’s Athlete of the Year ballot at the end of the year.
 

dlgpffps

Final Flight
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Nov 14, 2009
OT - why doesnt Yuna get invited to Skate Canada and NHK Trophy?

Yu-na made her senior debut at SC. She has never been there since.

It mostly has to do with seeding :) The top three ISU-ranked skaters (or maybe it has to do with World results. Actually, I think it has to do with World results) don't meet each other until the GPF (if all goes well) to make it more interesting. That's why Mao and Yu-na were never assigned the same Grand Prixs until last year, when Mao slipped into 4th at Worlds. In 08-09, Miki was with Yu-na in COC and SA, but in Grand Prixs without her all 09-10 because she was ranked 3rd at Worlds. ISU is very money-savvy. They know that putting Miki or Mao in NHK Trophy, over Yu-na, will garner more viewers and money (for obvious reasons). Same goes with SC and Joannie. If Korea had a Grand Prix, Yu-na would always be there. It also has to do with personal requests. Mao asked that she be put in Rostelecom because of TAT's health issues. This was a very simplistic overview of Grand Prix assignment though. There's probably more to it.
 

aurora100

Final Flight
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Dec 3, 2009
As far as I know, she's in Toronto.

JK doesn't have a coach right now, and I read a rumor that she may be asking Orser to be her coach, but who knows...?

This is an interesting development. In listening to Orser speak at the Toronto airport about MJK. He said it was not decided whether he would coach MJK or not but that he would help her until the Worlds. He sounded very undecided about taking her. He said MJK is a talent. But I wonder if Orser is being pressured to take MJK. He coaches US skater Christina Gao who is very talented. And Gao and Kwak would be competitors. Wonder what factor this would have. Another thing that is playing in mind and a total speculation on my part is whether this is a prelude to Yuna retiring after the worlds and Korean federation wanting to make sure they place well for next year. I believe Yuna will retire after the Worlds. And I think she will come back for Sochi in two years after she rests and rejuvenates her competitive fire.
 

aurora100

Final Flight
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Dec 3, 2009
Um, why not? I think there is more than one way a spiral can be done beautifully. Michelle and Sasha had very nice spirals in different ways (personally I've gotta disagree with CalebsMom, I thought Sasha's spirals beat out Michelle's. Just exquisite, really.)

Disagree.

The "visual appeal", to me, includes both form and motion.

I agree. But good positions paired with poor speed/edging ruins the spiral for me, too.

Well, I'd give YuNa decent positions and good speed/edges, so +1-1.5 GoE. I'd give Michelle's 2 GoE; Sasha and Mao 2-2.5 GoE.

Apparently, many others disagree.

Thanks for dichotomizing the issue as "zizi for beauty, all others who disagree against beauty". The ISU doesn't seem to share your narrow opinion on what is beautiful in Figure Skating. I hope bringing it up in the YuNa News thread will succeed in changing YuNa fans' and the ISU's minds. :rolleye:

ITA

Anyone who underestimates and underappreciates the importance of speed and coverage in figure skating should turn the channel and watch Ball Room dance or one of those dance shows that are popular. Millions can have beautiful dance poses, standing still, it's doing it while flying across the ice on the skates, is what makes figure skating an Olympic sport, a crown jewel of Winter Olympics.

PS; Yuna has those beautiful dance poses, while flying across the ice from one end to the other (look at the fan cam you tube videos taken from nose bleeding seats at the 2010 olympics)... that's why she got 228 and 17 plus GOE points.... she deserved every point.
 

aurora100

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:laugh: All's fair in love + lovemore.

ETA: There's something about the way Sasha got into her positions that really had a :love: effect on me. She didn't just raise her leg or push her arms out...she did this "BAM!" move that made it really dramatic. I guess that's not a figure skating thing, but it was like, whoa. (TO ME) :biggrin:

well said. ITA

On the other hand, Kwan would build up the pose (her beautiful spiral and astonishing edge change) by building up a speed and than "release it" sorry cant think of a apt word for it...but it was dramatic when she did it and such a highlight and the crowd would go wile and I loved it every time too. Yuna does a bit like Kwan but not quite like Kwan for sure.. But Yuna spirals are still a highlight going by the crowd reaction, they know it's one of the highlights.
 

alfoalfo

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Joined
Mar 14, 2010
Yu-na made her senior debut at SC. She has never been there since.

It mostly has to do with seeding :) The top three ISU-ranked skaters (or maybe it has to do with World results. Actually, I think it has to do with World results) don't meet each other until the GPF (if all goes well) to make it more interesting. That's why Mao and Yu-na were never assigned the same Grand Prixs until last year, when Mao slipped into 4th at Worlds. In 08-09, Miki was with Yu-na in COC and SA, but in Grand Prixs without her all 09-10 because she was ranked 3rd at Worlds. ISU is very money-savvy. They know that putting Miki or Mao in NHK Trophy, over Yu-na, will garner more viewers and money (for obvious reasons). Same goes with SC and Joannie. If Korea had a Grand Prix, Yu-na would always be there. It also has to do with personal requests. Mao asked that she be put in Rostelecom because of TAT's health issues. This was a very simplistic overview of Grand Prix assignment though. There's probably more to it.

thanks dlgpffps for explaining that, now i think i get the gist of it :D
wow TEB had it good huh?

ITA

Anyone who underestimates and underappreciates the importance of speed and coverage in figure skating should turn the channel and watch Ball Room dance or one of those dance shows that are popular. Millions can have beautiful dance poses, standing still, it's doing it while flying across the ice on the skates, is what makes figure skating an Olympic sport, a crown jewel of Winter Olympics.

PS; Yuna has those beautiful dance poses, while flying across the ice from one end to the other (look at the fan cam you tube videos taken from nose bleeding seats at the 2010 olympics)... that's why she got 228 and 17 plus GOE points.... she deserved every point.

ITA! and if anyone thinks it's all about jumping *coughelviscough*, go watch competitive trampoline jumping.. now those athletes take jumping to the next level, :sheesh:

Here's the link to the vid you mentioned:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8A7ptPTH_w

i think the head camera person in charge of all the camera shots/angles should have one placed near the back of the stadium in view of the whole rink just to give the viewers a very precise view of just how far and high she jumps.. flies.
 

ks777

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Aug 15, 2003
I find it silly that people are basing the opinion of the entire Japanese nation on a magazine article whose equivalent is probably the National Enquirer.

But yes, the lengths that people will go to make money and gain publicity is outrageous.

Yep I totally agree.
 

dorispulaski

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Dear posters, I am sorry I have had to delete so many of your posts. My internet company choose today to drop my service for 10 hours. I deleted the whole thing-there was too much to try to edit, and too much that is good that preceded those posts to delete the whole thread. So I chose to delete the end of the thread.

This thread is for Yu Na News. I hope you will continue to discuss that now.

Please do not discuss gossip. Even being outraged at gossip only propagates the gossip.

Please do not attempt to avoid the cuss word censor by typing in letters and stars. Cursing is not allowed on GS because we are 'preteen' rated.

Likewise porn stories are prohibited.

Do not use racial and ethnic slurs. . You would not like such things said of you. And using them is an infraction offense. There is no excuse for them.

If you wish to discuss politics, differences between cultures or countries, please discuss those things in the Politics forum here.

So carry on telling us all what Yu Na is doing now that she is the Olympic gold medallist.
 

babyalligator

On the Ice
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May 18, 2009
Dear posters, I am sorry I have had to delete so many of your posts. My internet company choose today to drop my service for 10 hours. I deleted the whole thing-there was too much to try to edit, and too much that is good that preceded those posts to delete the whole thread. So I chose to delete the end of the thread.

This thread is for Yu Na News. I hope you will continue to discuss that now.

Please do not discuss gossip. Even being outraged at gossip only propagates the gossip.

Please do not attempt to avoid the cuss word censor by typing in letters and stars. Cursing is not allowed on GS because we are 'preteen' rated.

Likewise porn stories are prohibited.

Do not use racial and ethnic slurs. . You would not like such things said of you. And using them is an infraction offense. There is no excuse for them.

If you wish to discuss politics, differences between cultures or countries, please discuss those things in the Politics forum here.

So carry on telling us all what Yu Na is doing now that she is the Olympic gold medallist.

just wanted to say THANK YOU! for deleting all of that (-__- ")
 

Lilith11

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you're not alone there Lilith11, i too want to see Mao and Yuna in an ice show, and i strongly believe it will happen sooner or later.. probably the latter.


Olympians Dominate February Athlete of the Month Award
9 March 2010 (Source)

Olympic gold-medal winners Shaun White of the United States and Kim Yu Na of South Korea were named the United States Sports Academy’s February Athletes of the Month.

There were many multiple gold-medal winners at the Vancouver Games, but White and Yu Na, each of whom competed in only one event, dominated their only competitions like few others. Considering their ages (White is 23 and Yu Na is 19), they might be grabbing headlines for years to come.

Yu Na, the reigning world champion, had one of the best performances in the history of the sport. Her total of 228.56 points shattered her career-best and world record by 18 points to become the first South Korean to win a figure skating medal. South Korea is so enamored by her performance that it has commissioned a coin in her honor.

The runner-up in the women’s vote was United States skier Lindsey Vonn, who won a gold medal in the women’s downhill and added a bronze medal in the Super G.Athlete of the Month winners are eligible to be included in the Academy’s Athlete of the Year ballot at the end of the year.

I'm so happy Yu-na is getting international recognition for those absolutely amazing performance she put up at Vancouver :3 And I do think that Mao and Yu-na could be good friends if it wasn't for the constant rivalry the media hypes up and all the pressure on both of them. I remember reading an account of them from Worlds when they had roomed together and Yu-na's mom cooked something-kimchi for the both of them... and they had communicated w/hand gestures lols. And there's this photo:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lxap4y0S1as/Rgl2PMwhXcI/AAAAAAAAAXA/5wT8at1sqVU/s400/Kim+and+Mao+selka.jpg :D
 

Kwanford Wife

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Dear posters, I am sorry I have had to delete so many of your posts. My internet company choose today to drop my service for 10 hours. I deleted the whole thing-there was too much to try to edit, and too much that is good that preceded those posts to delete the whole thread. So I chose to delete the end of the thread.

This thread is for Yu Na News. I hope you will continue to discuss that now.

Please do not discuss gossip. Even being outraged at gossip only propagates the gossip.

Please do not attempt to avoid the cuss word censor by typing in letters and stars. Cursing is not allowed on GS because we are 'preteen' rated.

Likewise porn stories are prohibited.

Do not use racial and ethnic slurs. . You would not like such things said of you. And using them is an infraction offense. There is no excuse for them.

If you wish to discuss politics, differences between cultures or countries, please discuss those things in the Politics forum here.

So carry on telling us all what Yu Na is doing now that she is the Olympic gold medallist.

Wow... Thanks Doris and all the Mods for doing such a great job keeping GS on the straight and narrow.
 

chloepoco

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I'm so happy Yu-na is getting international recognition for those absolutely amazing performance she put up at Vancouver :3 And I do think that Mao and Yu-na could be good friends if it wasn't for the constant rivalry the media hypes up and all the pressure on both of them. I remember reading an account of them from Worlds when they had roomed together and Yu-na's mom cooked something-kimchi for the both of them... and they had communicated w/hand gestures lols. And there's this photo:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lxap4y0S1as/Rgl2PMwhXcI/AAAAAAAAAXA/5wT8at1sqVU/s400/Kim+and+Mao+selka.jpg :D

What a cute picture!!
 

alfoalfo

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Mar 14, 2010
Thank you dorispulaski :)
I'll be more mindful of what I post from now on
thanks for the clean up and sorry everyone!

Yuna updated her Cyworld with new pictures btw!
 

dorispulaski

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Wonderful! Do you have any links to the pictures? It is often difficult for North American fans to navigate Korean or Japanese blogs/message boards, and a lot of us (me included) really appreciate the links!
 

alfoalfo

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Wonderful! Do you have any links to the pictures? It is often difficult for North American fans to navigate Korean or Japanese blogs/message boards, and a lot of us (me included) really appreciate the links!

im at school right now so i cant but i will asap :)

in the mean time, my friend just sent me this pic of Yuna, Mao and other skaters during a gala practice session.
im not 100% sure which competition it was, but it looks like 2007 Worlds. pls correct me if im wrong :)

http://yfrog.com/7fs2007fsduringgalaj
 

gourry

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Nov 7, 2007
im at school right now so i cant but i will asap :)

in the mean time, my friend just sent me this pic of Yuna, Mao and other skaters during a gala practice session.
im not 100% sure which competition it was, but it looks like 2007 Worlds. pls correct me if im wrong :)

http://yfrog.com/7fs2007fsduringgalaj

That is from the GPF held in Korea. Was it 2008? Anyway, they are very cute.:)
And I'm pretty much sure that headless guy is Kozuka.:laugh:
 
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