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Thanks to Abyss at Feverskating.com (Korean figure skating fan forum), here's the translation of the entire letter from Yuna to her fans.
[DongAh Daily Paper]
"Connecting with the audience is first, the color of the medal is next"
In two days I will be going back to Toronto to prepare for the next season. I feel a bit sorry that my vacation has come to an end so quickly; the memory of winning at the Worlds is still so vivid inside my mind. I was satisfied with everything last season, I was free from injury and I won the World Championships. The ice show, which was a means to give back to the fans, was a success.
While I was in Korea, a lot of people asked me about the Olympics. The Olympic gold is every athlete's dream. I get excited and at the same time nervous just thinking about it. The Vancouver Olympics will be the first time I compete at the Olympic Games as I was too young to participate at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics. I was born 2 months late to participate. People sometimes joke "You should have asked your mother to have given birth 2 months earlier".
Vancouver is familiar to me as I won the 4CCs held in February, which was in a way a pre-Olympic competition. Nonetheless even if Vancouver is familiar to me, I believe that it will be my physical condition and my performance which will matter. Time to time I receive questions about how sure I am of winning the Olympic gold during interviews. People offer words of encouragement, “You will win the gold medal at the Olympics next year.”
However whenever I hear those words, I think back to why I started figure skating in the first place. It was not to win an Olympic gold medal, but it was because skating was so much fun and because I thought Michelle Kwan was so beautiful and I wanted to be like her. There are times when I forget this, like when I am drained after training or when I feel pressure about the results of a competition. My coach, Brian Orser is usually a man of few words but he always tells me before a competition, “Nobody can win you if you skate with joy and happiness.”
The figure skating I know is not a battle between nations or skaters. It is not a lone battle that I fight alone, either. Of course I know I am still in the process of learning of what figure skating is. But to me, the most important aspect in figure skating is connecting with the audience. So I hope that it will be my music and my performance that give you joy and happiness in February next year, not the color of the medal.
I will leave for Toronto on the 10th. As always I will prepare music and choreography for a new program. It is impossible not to think about the Olympics but I will focus on presenting a good program for you around the end of October when the new season starts. Keep your fingers crossed for me as I prepare myself to start another new journey. I will do my best to show you an even better performances and programs. Thank you
http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?n=200905080120
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very nice comments.. she is really thoughtful.
Thanks to Abyss at Feverskating.com (Korean figure skating fan forum), here's the translation of the entire letter from Yuna to her fans.
[DongAh Daily Paper]
"Connecting with the audience is first, the color of the medal is next"
In two days I will be going back to Toronto to prepare for the next season. I feel a bit sorry that my vacation has come to an end so quickly; the memory of winning at the Worlds is still so vivid inside my mind. I was satisfied with everything last season, I was free from injury and I won the World Championships. The ice show, which was a means to give back to the fans, was a success.
While I was in Korea, a lot of people asked me about the Olympics. The Olympic gold is every athlete's dream. I get excited and at the same time nervous just thinking about it. The Vancouver Olympics will be the first time I compete at the Olympic Games as I was too young to participate at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics. I was born 2 months late to participate. People sometimes joke "You should have asked your mother to have given birth 2 months earlier".
Vancouver is familiar to me as I won the 4CCs held in February, which was in a way a pre-Olympic competition. Nonetheless even if Vancouver is familiar to me, I believe that it will be my physical condition and my performance which will matter. Time to time I receive questions about how sure I am of winning the Olympic gold during interviews. People offer words of encouragement, “You will win the gold medal at the Olympics next year.”
However whenever I hear those words, I think back to why I started figure skating in the first place. It was not to win an Olympic gold medal, but it was because skating was so much fun and because I thought Michelle Kwan was so beautiful and I wanted to be like her. There are times when I forget this, like when I am drained after training or when I feel pressure about the results of a competition. My coach, Brian Orser is usually a man of few words but he always tells me before a competition, “Nobody can win you if you skate with joy and happiness.”
The figure skating I know is not a battle between nations or skaters. It is not a lone battle that I fight alone, either. Of course I know I am still in the process of learning of what figure skating is. But to me, the most important aspect in figure skating is connecting with the audience. So I hope that it will be my music and my performance that give you joy and happiness in February next year, not the color of the medal.
I will leave for Toronto on the 10th. As always I will prepare music and choreography for a new program. It is impossible not to think about the Olympics but I will focus on presenting a good program for you around the end of October when the new season starts. Keep your fingers crossed for me as I prepare myself to start another new journey. I will do my best to show you an even better performances and programs. Thank you
http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?n=200905080120
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very nice comments.. she is really thoughtful.
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