Yuna Kim

Allkpop.com had a post about Yu-na's apperance on a popular Korean variety show: http://www.allkpop.com/2010/04/kim-yuna-sheds-tears-on-kang-ho-dongs-knee-drop-guru

During the show, Kim Yuna talked about her recent loss. “After getting the gold medal at the Olympics, I hit a slump at the Turin World Championships in Italy. At the time, it was physically and mentally painful.”

She said about her press rival, Mao Asada, “Mao and I don’t have a problem with each other but people around us make it (their rivalry) such a big deal so it’s uncomfortable. Once, I hoped I wouldn’t run into her during a game. But if Mao didn’t exist, I wouldn’t exist and our progress would have never happened.”

When asked about when she wants to retire, Kim Yuna replied, “That’s too hard to answer.”

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Thank you!

Mrs. P said:

Allkpop.com had a post about Yu-na's apperance on a popular Korean variety show: http://www.allkpop.com/2010/04/kim-yuna-sheds-tears-on-kang-ho-dongs-knee-drop-guru

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I hope someone will post it at YouTube as soon as they air it.

She said about her press rival, Mao Asada, “Mao and I don’t have a problem with each other but people around us make it (their rivalry) such a big deal so it’s uncomfortable. Once, I hoped I wouldn’t run into her during a game. But if Mao didn’t exist, I wouldn’t exist and our progress would have never happened.”

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Awwww Yuna. :agree:

behind the scene photos from the show:

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hurrah said:

I didn't see too much of Fumie's commentary, but what I did made me think that she saw Mao as more her rival than her teammate. Some television commentator asked her if the score difference between Yuna and Mao was warranted, and she just said 'Sooo desu neeee' = 'Yeeesss it waaassss', and didn't really give a technical explanation except to mention something about Yuna's speed. It was also unfortunate that she said this with a slight chortle.

She obviously was not prepared to be a commentator. I don't think skaters who still are or are wishing that they still could be competing on the amateur circuit should be expected to take on the role of a commentator.

Shizu's commentary is pretty good, I think. I sometimes feel that her commentary is a bit too tame. She is actually quite politically conservative in terms of what she will say about the judging system in itself.

Junko Yaginuma's commentary is my favorite because she remains very complementary of all the skaters by giving a technical explanation but she will sometimes make comments about the judging. For example, she made a comment during the Olympics that the tech caller seemed to be very lenient, and during Worlds, she said that the tech caller was very strict.

On the whole though, Japanese commentators are very informative about the technical aspects of skating, and stay away from commenting on the 'artistic' aspects of skating, such as, e.g., costumes. I've never heard any commentator voicing their personal preference for a certain dress.

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I do not know if Fumie sees Mao as a rival. Fumie's looking at the third spot anyway.

But to suggest returning to the starting line of skating once again when the skater has just won the World Championships with two nearly clean satisfactory performances sounded kind of off.

Fumie has a history of making a bit off comments that ordinary ppl cannot really get. She said after the Torino Oly that the magical spell would not be broken until the next Oly; and she said that as a 25-yrs-old. I get the idea and admire her determination, but she does not need to sound like a princess in a fairytale.

Then now she says that she wants to be "a star of ppl around thirties" and wants to inspire them through her skating. The idea is great, but it comes across a bit off to refer to yourself as a star in a culture where modesty is considered to be among the most important values.

Another one, to comment that the audience should learn more about rules may not necessarily be rude or arrogant as some audience seem to have thought, but it's again kind of off, because she was invited to the program as an expert to educate the audience, right? Then don't shift the responsibility to the audience. In that culture, you're sort of expected to apologize for insufficient explanations when the other person does not understand well.

She certainly has a character. Although I almost always support her skating and greatly respect and defend her dedication to the sport, I agree that she may not be prepared enough to do the commentary work. Being tactful is greatly important when you commentate.

I do not think any of these comments have any negative intentions or based on arrogance or rudeness, but she's just being naive, off, and not a very mature or effective commentator. She seems to state her honest, unique opinions and her opinions on skating would deserve great respect because she would know and live the sport. But the kind of language that she uses is not as articulate, clear, or comprehensible as Johnny Weir's, for example, or as widely acceptable by general society as Shizuka's (Shizuka could make a good office worker in a Japanese company). She uses unique language and interesting, yet vague expressions that are not really socially skillful. So I would hope that she quits all commentary and just focuses on skating. Athletes can be a bit extreme, but commentators have to be moderate and acceptable to a wide audience in general households.

ETA: Yoshie Onda as well, perhaps her intention was not bad in saying that Mao's expression was childlike etc, but to aruge that Mao would have lost if both had skated perfectly (which was not even correct, as they miscalculated the scores) was a kind of bizarre way to congratulate a skater who just won GPF 2008 with two 2As. I do not think that it was out of jealosy, but she is not prepared as a commentator. Most notably, the TV program was structured in that way. There was a rumor that Mao lost her interest in skating for a while to hear those media coverage.

In other news...new Yuna photos with her donuts/bagels.

http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/newsen/20100409100514173.jpg
http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/newsen/20100409100711502.jpg
http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/newsen/20100409100331231.jpg
http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/moneytoday/20100409094809565.jpg
http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/newsen/20100409100121879.jpg
http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/akn/20100409102931431.jpg
http://photo-media.daum-img.net/201004/09/newsen/20100409101727137.jpg

Here's a Festa on Ice 2010 theme song called "Magic".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsccPXXBUOY

Everybody sing along! It's so catchy. :thumbsup:

Yuna and Adam, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww - http://yfrog.com/72100409e3j

same pic but without any logos/markings - http://yfrog.com/611l1270875315j

Busy day for Yuna as usual.

Yuna with her fans at the event sponsored by Samsung Anycall. :agree:

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http://devnewsimg.mydaily.co.kr/2010/04/09/201004092103162273_1.jpg
http://thumb.mtstarnews.com/06/2010/04/2010040921083754959_1.jpg
http://cphoto.asiae.co.kr/listimglink/6/201004092019314563928A_1.jpg
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http://cphoto.asiae.co.kr/listimglink/6/201004092023414629546A_1.jpg
http://cphoto.asiae.co.kr/listimglink/6/201004092026324669746A_1.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5315/capture1yv.jpg


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And more: http://search.daum.net/search?w=new...=tab&viewio=i&repno=0&period=0&relQ=&n=10&p=1

^^Thanks to everyone for sharing the photos. YuNa looks fabulous and happy and that cake looks delicious.

More:

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I really miss Korean cakes.

BTW, Yuna looks she gained some weight.

GoPC2018 said:

I really miss Korean cakes.

BTW, Yuna looks she gained some weight.

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She still looks as fit as ever to me. She is too cute, I love her outfits, she is so fashionable! Those sneaker high heels are pretty cool :agree:. My goodness though does she have any time to rest? I thought this was supposed to be her vacation and yet it seems like she's doing 20 different things a day, every day!

Yuna bread looks delicious and ‘Yuna’s Wheat Sweet Potato Cream Bread’ and ‘Yuna’s Blueberry Cream Cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Figure skater Kim Yuna poses for Tous Les Jours bakery

by shockimpulse on April 9, 2010 @ 1:16 PM (EDT) ·

Gold Medal Winner and figure skating champion Kim Yuna may have ended her time at the Olympics, but this is only the beginning of her endorsements as she poses for the delicious French Asian Tous Les Jours bakery and gets her own line of “Yuna Bread“!

Kim Yuna confirmed the rumors that she was in fact the Cookie Monster of bread as she revealed, “I really really like bread but I usually don’t get to eat to my heart’s content to keep my figure.”

When asked about her favorite kind of bread she answered, “I like cheese so I usually like any kind of bread filled with cheese. But from the Yuna Bread collection, I particularly enjoy ‘Yuna’s Wheat Sweet Potato Cream Bread’ and ‘Yuna’s Blueberry Cream Cheese’.”

On April 6th, Kim Yuna spent the evening posing with bagels to develop the photos below. She’s looking quite adorable with her outfits and pretending the bagel is a gold medal is just too cute, I don’t know which looks more delicious! Check out the photos below.

http://www.allkpop.com/2010/04/figure-skater-kim-yuna-poses-for-tous-les-jours-bakery

Yuna's photoshoot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoiu0tQB39g

Thanks for sharing the pics y'all.

Anyone interested in Kwak? Here are pictures of her tossing the first ball in a Korean baseball durby game. Isn't she too cute?

http://www.newsen.com/news_list.php?searchstring=%B0%FB%B9%CE%C1%A4
http://www.newsen.com/news_list.php?vm=list&searchperiod=all&search=title&searchstring=곽민정&page=2

Just click on the pics~

GoPC2018 said:

Anyone interested in Kwak? Here are pictures of her tossing the first ball in a Korean baseball durby game. Isn't she too cute?

http://www.newsen.com/news_list.php?searchstring=%B0%FB%B9%CE%C1%A4
http://www.newsen.com/news_list.php?vm=list&searchperiod=all&search=title&searchstring=곽민정&page=2

Just click on the pics~

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Thanks! She's adorable...love those shoes and her fashionable hairstyle, she looks so much older in street clothes than on the ice. Most importantly she looks happy :agree:! I know she's in FOI this coming week but does anyone know when she will return to Canada to train? Will it be in late May with Yuna or before that?

Here's a video of Min-Jung at the baseball game
http://rott.egloos.com/5291515

Yuna extended her sponsorship of Korean Air. She will be given additional 1 year free flights along with 5 staffs including coach and her mum.

http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?...연아&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=9661993

1 more season???? Hmmm.

I bet $100 that YNK will be back to competition next season. After the ice show this week and all the OGM dust settles, she will ask herself, now what else can I do? She is young, and skating is what she does. She is not going to go academia for now after all these years. She will realize soon it is too early for retirement when her peak in terms of her competitive ability hasn't yet come.

I will say in a month or two, what did I say on April 11th?