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Ha! Funny thing happened just now!
I was looking for pics of Yuna to contribute to the “devil wears prada fs edition” thing lol because I’m sure I’ve seen plenty of Yuna “Meryl faces”. Anyway.
I saw a pic of a very young Yuna and much younger looking Brian that caught my attention. Turned out it was a blog post about their split written right when it was happening (very parallel to the whole Medvedeva leaving Eteri thing happening now).
I read through the post and it was interesting and then suddenly there’s a pic of onions that introduces a recipe for some kind of onion sauce or something. Like... what??? lmao
So I’m not sure what is this about but it did talk about Yuna leaving Orser.
http://emswift.blogspot.com.br/2010/08/yuna-kim-fires-orser-and-worlds-best.html?m=1

EM Swift was a writer for Sports Illustrated for many years and covered figure skating extensively. He's also the co-writer of My Sergei, Ekaterina Gordeeva's memoir of her life with Sergei.

He eventually left Sports Illustrated and as he was trying to figure out his next steps, he started a personal blog and wrote about a variety of topics, from sports to food. It was much less structured than his previous sports writing, and that's why his blog entry had a recipe at the end. Eventually he abandoned that blog.

He definitely has a journalist's instincts so his perspective is interesting to read.

Where can we find that devil wears prada fs edition? Yuna can totally fit in as Miranda :laugh2:
Regarding the split with Orser though, I guess people have renewed interest now with what's going on now. But I honestly wish people give it a rest (not at you but in the Edge where they keep bringing it up). Personally, I don't like it when folks make a quick pass on Orser because at least he's better than Eteri, especially since Yuna had to go through a roller coaster ride of emotion like crying at TCC and not finishing up practice. Making a comparison like that for me kinda diminishes the impact of the split on Yuna, so it's better not to talk about it. Anyway, they look so young on that pic!

I brought it up, so I take responsibility. :) I made the point as both a figure skating fan for several decades and a fan of Yuna Kim for her entire senior career. I thought the parallels were interesting, in particular the contrast in Orser's role in 2010 versus his role in 2018. The situations were not identical, but I thought it was worth noting. However, even 8 years after it happened, there is no consensus amongst skating fans even about why the split happened, who said/did what when and who was (most) at fault. I was definitely surprised at the reaction to what I thought were givens about what happened.
 
Loool that last face! That's also what I had in mind when I thought of Yuna as a coach :laugh: I think she also had a little of that face when she tried that weird smoothie in Pyeongchang (in one of the Olympic videos). :laugh:

I remember that one! Also been trying to find her reactions whenever she sees bread. Truly hilarious :laugh2:

I brought it up, so I take responsibility. :) I made the point as both a figure skating fan for several decades and a fan of Yuna Kim for her entire senior career. I thought the parallels were interesting, in particular the contrast in Orser's role in 2010 versus his role in 2018. The situations were not identical, but I thought it was worth noting. However, even 8 years after it happened, there is no consensus amongst skating fans even about why the split happened, who said/did what when and who was (most) at fault. I was definitely surprised at the reaction to what I thought were givens about what happened.

No worries. I was mainly annoyed at how the situation about the Yuna-Orser is quickly brushed because the argument was that Orser at least learned from the situation and that Eteri is just evil. I generally don't like that kind of outlook because even though he was better, what he did (going to the public; revealing Yuna's programs; dragging Mao into the situation; painting Yuna's mom as sort of controlling and Yuna as utterly dependent) was low blow and unprofessional. It just that I think given his fame and all, people would simply read it as "Orser made a mistake but he's better now so all is well." So for me, in the grand scheme of things, bringing it would just further diminished the pains Yuna suffered back then. :)
 
In soccer (football) they often have retired players become 'technical directors' or 'sporting directors' of the club - someone should come up with an equivalent title for Yuna :luv17:
Speaking of her eyerolls, the ones she did in the Sochi warmup before SitC were my fave :laugh:
I miss her, my queen :(
 
Is anyone actually going to ATS in person??

and I agree that Yuna might be a better sports psychologist than coach. Or enjoy it more, anyhow (she's good at everything!!). But it was just a fan dream that I know will probably never happen:laugh:
 
Is anyone actually going to ATS in person??

and I agree that Yuna might be a better sports psychologist than coach. Or enjoy it more, anyhow (she's good at everything!!). But it was just a fan dream that I know will probably never happen:laugh:

Yuna's mentality is interesting.
you kr we has some very consistent skaters like those Russian girls, but they are consistent in a whole season. Always.

but Yuna seems is the only one who is the most consistent, most perfect in the most important and stressful event of her life. And she was imperfect in smaller events.

Her best set of performances are only in Olympics or the most stressful worlds that is one year before OG where she needs to earn OG spots.

That is some real gift and strength in mentality!!!
 
@Miss Ice where is that yuna disgusted smoothie facial expression, do you have a link or GIF I wann see!!
 
yyskate I will try to find it!!

Also does anyone exactly know how Sochi ice was different from what Yuna is used to? http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/407847/1

Kim said, “The most important thing is to adapt myself to ice condition. Ice conditions widely vary from rink to rink. Since I have ample experience, ice at this rink is the kind that I have skated on before. At the latter half of the exercise, I got comfortable and attempted to perform all different technical factors.” Asked about her duel with Yulia Lipnitskaya, 16, a rising star from Russia, Kim said, “I saw her perform on video. She is a young athlete who just debuted, and I am a skater who is about to end my career. The meaning of the Olympics is different to us.”

Also, she's so wise... :luv17:
 
yyskate I will try to find it!!

Also does anyone exactly know how Sochi ice was different from what Yuna is used to? http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/407847/1



Also, she's so wise... :luv17:

thank you in advance,
I don't know what is the difference exactly, but the fans often mention that Yuna's Koren National taining ice is very cold and hard which is diffierent from normal Olympic figure skating ice which is soft and warm. I would assume this is the difference.

Elite skaters face this issue very often, e.g. Nathan usually can manage to adjust to different ice condition within one day.
 
Is anyone actually going to ATS in person??

and I agree that Yuna might be a better sports psychologist than coach. Or enjoy it more, anyhow (she's good at everything!!). But it was just a fan dream that I know will probably never happen:laugh:

I think unless you’re in Korea you wouldn’t be able to buy those elusive ATS tickets :sad21:

Yuna would be great in conditioning skaters on how to accept challenges. Her cool-headedness has been her advantage throughout her competitive career. :yes:
 
I know she will be back but I feel like I have a hard time getting into ladies skating after her. There's just something missing without her - few others look like they truly are one with the music, to create a new quality of expression, instead of gesticulating haphazardly along with it.
I am very excited to see her new program!
 
Some quotes about Yuna from Brian Orser's interview (it's from Evgenia's FF thread and is Google translated so yeah, not perfect but I always enjoy Brian talking about Yuna.)

- Have you already dealt with the consequences of stress fractures?

- Of course, although I can not say that such fractures are a common thing. When Yuna Kim came to my group for the first time, she had a huge amount of various injuries. This mainly concerned joints and vertebral disks. Less serious were problems with the ankles and the upper part of the feet. For a long time we dealt exclusively with solving all these problems. Yuna went to the procedures, she was picked up by an individual complex of special exercises, thanks to which she recovered so well that the pain in riding completely gone. The last two years of her career, she did not have any serious injuries at all, but if you remember the first two years, it was a walking trauma - to such an extent, Yunu was troubled by pains in the back, legs and hips. So now I can hardly be surprised or frightened. Just for a while, we all have to be very, very patient. Fortunately, at our disposal there are enough specialists who can help skaters cope with problems of any complexity.

"She is perfectly well-versed in many things, especially in jumping. She has a magnificent head, in a sense it can be called a psychological "thick-skinned". Plus, Zhenya knows how and loves to compete. Such a rival is not a gift for the rest. In this respect, Medvedeva very much reminds me of Yuna Kim."

- The question is different: do you in principle consider quadruple jumps at the level of adult female skating? And is there any sense to strive for this?

"I have no answer to this question." And the crystal ball, as I said, also does not. Perhaps, fortunately. So we all have to wait and see in what way the further development of women's skating will go and whether it will repeat the trends that we see in the male. The only thing I can say with certainty is that the female body is still different from the male. Therefore, the complication is not so fast. Whether there is such purpose - too I can not answer unequivocally. With my coaching mission, I see, first of all, the development of women's skating. I think the best examples in this respect are the riding of Caitlin Osmond, Gaby Daleman, Carolina Costner, Kim Yun. These are the names that remain in history.

- Does Medvedeva's transition to you mean that David Wilson will now be engaged in staging all of its programs?

"We in Toronto have been fortunate enough to have several quite outstanding directors working in completely different styles at once. Surely there are masters of this level and class in Europe, Japan and Russia, which is not always easy to get from Canada, but it's not necessary: ​​we have Wilson, there is Sha-Lynn Bourn, there is Lory Nikol, there is Jeffrey Battle. Yudzuru (Khanyu) works mostly with Sha-Lynn and Jeff, Xavi (Javier Fernandez) - only with David, as did Yuna Kim before him, and at this stage I would like to try to use in the work with Medvedev the same choreographic workings , that they were successfully tested with Kim."
 
Thank you for bringing it:agree: I was trying to translate the parts about Yuna myself but struggled with my english:biggrin:
 
@breadstal
thank you, always nice to read any info about Yuna whom is so humble and private herself.:love:

Yuna's first 2 senior years is ridden with injury is very well known and recovered well and in time of his 2010 OG. and IIRC, she injured her metatarsi during preperation for Sochi as well.
 
I stumbled upon this old video today and it brings me a mix of emotions. The reporter is kind of cringey and Yuna is too cute, I don't know how to feel. :laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RR0TxeLe84

:laugh2: I just love how she highkey slithered away from the interview by saying she had to skate.

EDIT:
Also does anyone exactly know how Sochi ice was different from what Yuna is used to? http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/407847/1

I think she's referring more to the fact that the ice in Sochi has different quality to other ice used during competitions? And that she can adapt to it because well, she is used to practice on rinks with not so ideal ice quality. I know jokes were made about this too, about Yuna's ability to adapt to any kind of ice quality.
 
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Yuna overcoming terrible injuries and keep coming back is such an inspiration. Amazing resilience and hardworking ethics, principled and uncompromising. She set her mind and stuck to it... even against overwhelming odds. Hope more skaters get more inspired by her journey, and her strength of character to make their way to better themselves, however they get there.

In a way to have Russia's fav Evegenia following her steps sure makes an interesting twist (and a mini triumph for the cc) in the figure skating world... wonder how it will turn out. Orser seems to imply they want to do what they do with Yuna, it will be interesting to see how it works out. They tried it a few times, none have worked out.
 
8000 Posts!!! Just want to commemorate this special milestone here!

In a way to have Russia's fav Evegenia following her steps sure makes an interesting twist (and a mini triumph for the cc) in the figure skating world... wonder how it will turn out. Orser seems to imply they want to do what they do with Yuna, it will be interesting to see how it works out. They tried it a few times, none have worked out.

I find this whole situation so hilarious. I had the impression since Sochi that russian media and especially people related to figure skating here such as coaches kind of had being avoiding mentioning Yuna's name. But now they suddenly remembered about the existence of "Great Yuna Kim":laugh: ke-ke-ke
 
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