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yunasashafan

On the Ice
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Jan 22, 2010
Hey, it doesn't have to be Rafael. How about John Nicks? He doesn't have any elite lady skater (assuming Sasha is not competing) and he could do wonders helping Yuna polish her lines, spins and spirals.
 

sunny0760

On the Ice
Joined
Feb 16, 2010
Witt gave a piece of advice to Yuna in an interview with Joongang Newspaper. The title of article : To Yuna in Crisis.
http://news.joins.com/article/aid/2010/08/28/3978085.html?cloc=olink|article|default

The interviewer did not ask about Yuna's recent split with Orser and she did not mention about it.
The interview is mostly about herself... I am impressed by her positive attitude at everything here.
She complimented Yuna's skating and her accomplishment and said,
"The gold medal does not guarantee the life long happiness. Look at all the gold medalists. They had to continue to proceed to accomplish more. So does Yuna. She does not need to hurry but has to keep going on."

Yuna and Witt are competing now in order to host the winter olys in their own country.:laugh:
 

brownfox

On the Ice
Joined
May 5, 2010
Witt gave a piece of advice to Yuna in an interview with Joongang Newspaper. The title of article : To Yuna in Crisis.
http://news.joins.com/article/aid/2010/08/28/3978085.html?cloc=olink|article|default

The interviewer did not ask about Yuna's recent split with Orser and she did not mention about it.
The interview is mostly about herself... I am impressed by her positive attitude at everything here.
She complimented Yuna's skating and her accomplishment and said,
"The gold medal does not guarantee the life long happiness. Look at all the gold medalists. They had to continue to proceed to accomplish more. So does Yuna. She does not need to hurry but has to keep going on."

Yuna and Witt are competing now in order to host the winter olys in their own country.:laugh:

Wise words from Katarina. :thumbsup:
 

parma

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 31, 2010
ATS just confirmed with a Korean newspaper that Yuna temporarily moved her training ground to Granite Club Toronto. Below is a translation of the article.

Orser did not press her to leave the Cricket Club, so that is not the reason she is training at another rink. The decision comes from her wanting to refresh her mental state (mood) in a different environment. Despite being in the midst of the heat last week, she only took one day off and practiced as usual at the Cricket Club. Orser was on his business trip so no such uncomfortable situation where they bump into each other occurred. Although she were at training as usual, she wasn't her 100% because her mind was still heavy. (so she decided to change the training ground.) No definite plans yet as to when she will leave Cricket Club for good. She will hire a new coach first and then will decide where to move based on that. They currently have multiple candidates for the coaching position and are in the process of contacting them. ATS representative stated "it seems that Orser and Yuna both got into a situation none of them wanted to be. We believe both Yuna and Orser sincerely want to forget about the bad memories and start going forward again."
 
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PolymerBob

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 17, 2007
"The gold medal does not guarantee the life long happiness. Look at all the gold medalists. They had to continue to proceed to accomplish more. So does Yuna. She does not need to hurry but has to keep going on."

The other side of that coin is that failure to win the gold does not mean life long sadness. Right now, it appears that Mao is doing very well.
 

janetfan

Match Penalty
Joined
May 15, 2009
ATS just confirmed with a Korean newspaper that Yuna temporarily moved her training ground to Granite Club Toronto. Below is a translation of the article.

Orser did not press her to leave the Cricket Club, so that is not the reason she is training at another rink. The decision comes from her wanting to refresh her mental state (mood) in a different environment. Despite being in the midst of the heat last week, she only took one day off and practiced as usual at the Cricket Club. Orser was on his business trip so no such uncomfortable situation where they bump into each other occurred. Although she were at training as usual, she wasn't her 100% because her mind was still heavy. (so she decided to change the training ground.) No definite plans yet as to when she will leave Cricket Club for good. She will hire a new coach first and then will decide where to move based on that. They currently have multiple candidates for the coaching position and are in the process of contacting them. ATS representative stated "it seems that Orser and Yuna both got into a situation none of them wanted to be. We believe both Yuna and Orser sincerely want to forget about the bad memories and start going forward again."

Thanks so much for the update. Things sound much better now and hope Yuna's training and search for a new coach goes as well as possible.
 
Joined
Aug 16, 2009
The other side of that coin is that failure to win the gold does not mean life long sadness. Right now, it appears that Mao is doing very well.

She certainly is. And so is Michelle, to give another sterling (pun intended!) example.

The truth of it is that YuNa, whether she won or not, has been in a pressure cooker the likes of which few other skaters, if any, have ever experienced. I suspect Midori Ito was in a similar situation as the first great Japanese skater, but by now Mao is (though the crown jewel of Japanese ladies' skating) a member of an impressive skating dynasty. Kim basically is Korean skating. That kind of stress doesn't lend itself to an easy life. She's like a combination of Mao, Miley Cyrus, and Angelina Jolie. She's mobbed everywhere she goes in Korea and scrutinized whether she's in Korea, Canada, or a spacecraft on its way to Mars. So to compare her life possibilities to those of another gold medalist such as Witt, Lipinski, or Yamaguchi might not even be possible. This gives me great sympathy for her.
 

Nadia01

Final Flight
Joined
Nov 10, 2009
ATS just confirmed with a Korean newspaper that Yuna temporarily moved her training ground to Granite Club Toronto. Below is a translation of the article.

Orser did not press her to leave the Cricket Club, so that is not the reason she is training at another rink. The decision comes from her wanting to refresh her mental state (mood) in a different environment. Despite being in the midst of the heat last week, she only took one day off and practiced as usual at the Cricket Club. Orser was on his business trip so no such uncomfortable situation where they bump into each other occurred. Although she were at training as usual, she wasn't her 100% because her mind was still heavy. (so she decided to change the training ground.) No definite plans yet as to when she will leave Cricket Club for good. She will hire a new coach first and then will decide where to move based on that. They currently have multiple candidates for the coaching position and are in the process of contacting them. ATS representative stated "it seems that Orser and Yuna both got into a situation none of them wanted to be. We believe both Yuna and Orser sincerely want to forget about the bad memories and start going forward again."

Thanks for the update!

BTW -- did it say anything about Min Jung?
 

sillylionlove

Medalist
Joined
Oct 27, 2006
I wonder if her move to Granite Club means that she is looking at Shae Lynn Borne for her coach. That's where she coaches at.
 

janetfan

Match Penalty
Joined
May 15, 2009
Didn't Shae do the choreo for Yuna's new SP?
So at the least they could be working on that.
 

parma

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 31, 2010
But Shae's also a coach, so it is a possibility that she's one of Yu-Na's choices for a coach and well as a choreographer.

While Shae could be an excellent choreographer in the similar way David Wilson is and even would look over Yuna's skating skills, it would be difficult for her to be a jumping coach.
 

parma

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 31, 2010
It was on Korean newspapers today that Yuna's fans at a Korean fan site chipped in money and donated for those suffering in the Pakistan flood disaster as a Yuna's birthday present. Yuna, a UNICEF international goodwill ambassador, earlier last month sent a twitter message to her following fans to raise awareness and urge them to help Pakistani children in disaster areas.
 
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