Yu Na Kim Will Compete at Korean Nationals

Moment said:

Hi,

Yu-Na's Les Misérables must be the most challenging program from any lady of the season. I didn't know she could deliver it so well because I wasn't really sold on its music cuts, and it is such a demanding program in terms of both technical and interpretive aspects. Although I'm still not sure about the music (I don't really like the musical anyway), this performance was nothing short of stunning. She made it work for me. My favorite part of the program is the step sequence, I haven't seen anything that comes close to this in a while in ladies' skating, as she did it with so much speed, balance, effortlessness and musicality.

She said she made a small mistake on a final combination spin, and it was the only noticeable "flaw" in my humble opinion. Can't wait to see her at Worlds! She sounded so confident in her interviews, and I know she'll be perfectly ready.

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Krislite said:

The final combination spin was well executed and a perfectly valid element (the tech panel called it a CCoSp4 and the judges gave it a +1.08 GOE). So it wasn't really a "flaw" or "mistake." It's just that the first sit position was unplanned.

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Moment said:

I'm not saying it looked bad. She mistakenly repeated the same difficult variation (SF, catch-foot shoot the duck position) which was already used in FCCoSp. I think the tech panel made a dubious mistake and a lot of my fellow Korean fans criticized the tech panel for it.

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