Yuna Kim

Blades of Passion said:

Incorrect, Mao planned a 3-3 combination in the SP throughout the entire 2008-2009 season (until her very last competition, the World Team Trophy). Most specifically, at the World Championships in 2009 she did a 3Flip-3Loop that received 11.1 points. I was right at the edge of the rink and she had no trouble at all doing that combination.

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GoPC2018 said:

She may had planned it, but she didn't actually go for it most of the time.

And yes, it was the only occasion that got ratified during the whole season, and I have to say she was lucky to get away that time. If you doubt it, plz do watch the slow-mo.

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Blades of Passion said:

Wrong again, she did indeed go for it most of the time. It was downgraded at the GPF and 4CC (unfairly, in the case of the former) but you're forgetting that downgrades are no longer unfairly penalized with a new scoring rule. A downgraded 3Loop scores nearly as many points as a 3Toe (if it is clean).

And, no, she wasn't "lucky to get away with it" at 2009 Worlds. It was a sufficiently rotated 3Loop. Again, I was right there at the rink when it happened (and saw super slow-mo of it).

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bekalc said:

I'm not talking about an interview this year, I'm talking about an interview maybe two years ago when they asked her what she envied of Mao's, and she mentioned Mao's triple axel. And went on to say people say I have it in practice, but I don't. If I did, I'd try it in competition.

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GoPC2018 said:

Ok. here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asnlXZhlmTU (you can ignore the start/landing points in the clip.)

Does it look sufficient for you? Not to my eyes.

So she had actually went for it four times during the whole season where she could have practically done as many as twelve times if you include WTT. That is not "most of the time" or "consistently trying".

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GoPC2018 said:

Ok. here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asnlXZhlmTU (you can ignore the start/landing points in the clip.)

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Mathman said:

What motivates those you-tubers who make all these mean-spirited videos?

It would be better if Kim fans posted videos of Yu-na skating beautifully instead.

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bekalc said:

Well I'd suggest what motivates them is certainly not a love of skating. Honestly, I'm not sure how you can be a skating fan and NOT appreciate both Kim and Asada. I can in someways sort of get why some may not completely love Kim because I know some do have a love for the perfect layback and spiral that Kim doesn't have. But even these people if they are true skating fans can appreciate Kim's other qualities speed, edges jump, musicality. Mao is so balletic and such a lovely skater, I get that you can at times not like her programs or maybe wish she was more expressive, but the hatred for this skater? sigh.

But then again I guess its because I'm a fan of skating and I was a fan before Kim and Asada were even on the rader. And being that has given me a big time appreciation for how amazing both girls truly are. We are so blessed to be able to watch both of these girls. When both retire though, I'll still be watching skating and enjoying it. I get having favorite skaters, but when you can't appreciate someone whose not your favorite. (sigh)

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brownfox said:

This is YUNA NEWS thread...as usual we're having another mao vs. yuna debate. lol.

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"Winning the Olympics had been the highest goal for me, so I'm not really thinking about any other goals at the moment. For now, I'd like to try performing many characters I couldn't previously play because of figure skating rules," Kim said. "I've achieved a lot of things in my life, but I'm still young."

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Blades of Passion said:

YES, EXACTLY!!!

In the past 10 years, the most talented female (singles) skaters we've had are Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen, Yu-Na Kim, and Mao Asada.

It's retarded that people try to assert "Yu-Na is 100x better than Mao" or "Mao is 100x better than Yu-Na."

I can see why the bloodthirsty Yu-Na fans feel threatened by my breakdown of the potential technical content Mao could achieve, and I can also understand why some people find Mao to be robotic (and in all fairness she has yet to truly prove herself artistically), but my suggestion would be to stop hating. The bitterness between various countries throughout the World is so sad.

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parma said:

Every skater has strength and weakness and Kim is not an exception, and neither is Asada for sure. One can waste a whole freaking day nitpicking on a skater, no matter how perfect the skater's 3-3 or her spiral is or nor perfect. So what. what matters is that this is a tread for Yuna. There are some duchbacks who insist Mao stuff here, and as I will say again, Yuna fans here don't give a crap about what Asada can or cannot do; total indifference. Take the media driven so called "rivalry" illusion to some place else because there is no such thing that exists in the real world. Let me say this again. TAKE THAT ASADA CRAP SOMEPLACE ELSE. THIS IS YUNA NEWS THREAD.

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parma said:

Every skater has strength and weakness and Kim is not an exception, and neither is Asada for sure. One can waste a whole freaking day nitpicking on a skater, no matter how perfect the skater's 3-3 or her spiral is or nor perfect. So what. what matters is that this is a tread for Yuna. There are some duchbacks who insist Mao stuff here, and as I will say again, Yuna fans here don't give a crap about what Asada can or cannot do; total indifference. Take the media driven so called "rivalry" illusion to some place else because there is no such thing that exists in the real world. Let me say this again. TAKE THAT ASADA CRAP SOMEPLACE ELSE. THIS IS YUNA NEWS THREAD.

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Canastatango said:

So you are telling me that we can only talk about Yuna and not anyone else related to her, Brian Orser, Kwak, etc. Or you are telling me that I can only talk about people who only brings up praise and compliments of Yuna. I am new in this forum and I am very overwhelmed by all these passionate and sometimes annoying Yuna fans. I just can not imagine what you guys are going to do if this thread hits 100,000 views. You are going to shoot up big fire work at " Yuna-news thread hitting 100,000viwers" party somewhere?

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