Kim Yu-Na says Sochi result behind her
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Yet she didn't say either of those things. The headline of the article takes her word out of context, and so is the subject of this thread.
She specifically said, "I have never gone over the result and thought what might have been." What is she calling absurd/baffling?
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Is she saying that the situation itself - the controversy, scandal, etc. was baffling/absurd - or was she saying that the result (whereby she finished 2nd) was that way?
Yeah, the incorrect headline is uncharacteristic of Yuna.
The headline of the article implies the latter. But Yuna's wording itself is way too vague and likely refers to the former:
All along, Yuna has said other people around her are more upset than she is. She has consistently said she is fine with the result.
It WOULD be okay if she said she was upset, but I can't help but feel irked at the article's controversial headline when in the article itself, Yuna herself says she's fine. I read an interview with Irina Slutskaya in 2013 with IFS magazine--and she still doesn't accept the results in Salt Lake City or Torino (she felt she deserved the silver, though she fully felt that Shizuka deserved the gold). And that's her right.
Yes, and that after she skated her FS, she was really happy that it was all over.
Indeed she has moved on. I watched about 20 minutes of the interview so far and she seems so refreshed and happy. She was easily smiling and laughing and it didn't look fake. She definitely looked younger and more vibrant at the appearance and the interview.
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She did not say "what" baffled her. It is anyone's guess. Mine is that Adelina hugged Alla Shekhovtsova right after Yuna's scores came out.
She was also in front of hundreds of fans who she knows have been screaming justice for a week and two of her teammates who said they were baffled. She was in a position to play along. That said, she has every right to express her frustration toward many aspects of the scoring - why the short program scores were so close, why she received relatively low PCS scores for both programs, etc.
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She seems more annoyed at all the pestering to get a reaction than the actual event.
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I'm glad for her 
She has a good head on her shoulders to not get all bent out of shape over a piece of metal lol. It truly was absurd, but you can't live in the twilight zone forever. I'm glad she is moving on - she's young and there's lots more fun to be had in life!<3
She has a good head on her shoulders to not get all bent out of shape over a piece of metal lol. It truly was absurd, but you can't live in the twilight zone forever. I'm glad she is moving on - she's young and there's lots more fun to be had in life!<3I just love the fact that in most of her post-Sochi interview, she looks relieved and happy that she can step away from figure skating now. There was an interview where she cried and said she was happy that it was all over. I can imagine that Kim, Carolina, and Mao all feel the same. But good for Kim to just leave it all behind- she threw it down at Sochi and absurd marking will never tarnish her final efforts. That's the mark of the true Champion, when all is said and done- what are medals anyway?
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I for one would have no problem with Yuna protesting the results, or expressing dissatisfaction, if she wanted to.
What I do have a problem with - and am, frankly, getting rather tired of - is a thread that uses a soundbite of a skater (whether it is the headline of an article or not) that is considered to be potentially controversial, taken totally out of context of an article/interview, as a header. In this case, it turns out to be a complete misquote as well - thanks to our forum members who have pointed this out. (This is one of the many upsides of a truly international forum.)
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Kim look so pretty and relaxed. I'm so happy for her. She even changed her hair style - very attractive. :thumbsup:
I still would like to see some changes and more transparency in the judging.
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V/M were asked a question and answered it honestly. It's not like they went on a unprovoked tirade right after the event. Also, because you seem intent on ignoring everything else that have come out of their mouths after that, they have praised D/W again and again even to this day. They have also said that they were personally very happy with their own results.
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Yunafan wannahockachewie's translation.
(video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvD-U4LBmg)
Q: "How did you feel right at the moment of LP results?"
Yuna: "I was baffled, but I didn't have any particular thoughts at the moment other than I was so glad that it was over and I am still happy over that. However, people are still telling me even now that we pity you, it was unjust, regrettable, we are distressed over you (laughing), even though I myself haven't obsessed over the result at all."
Q: "Is that because you are a person who is particularly generous? If it was me, I don't know how I could've slept at night."
Yuna: "It's not that (laughing). Though I said before the Olympics that I don't have to win Gold, and I don't have that desperation, I did think, as a natural human reaction, that I would still feel sorry over not getting it, if it were to happen. But after the Olympics, I felt that it was really true I didn't have THAT degree of desperation."
Q: "You were in tears after the performance."
Yuna: "To be honest, even after the short, when I was in my room resting and preparing to go to sleep, I was suddenly just overcome with emotion, and I couldn't believe that this moment(the final competition) has come, and after the free, as I said in the after-game interview, I would've been a lot crying even if I had won Gold. All the memories of hard times and what I have been holding back just flooded in."
(video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVvD-U4LBmg)
Q: "How did you feel right at the moment of LP results?"
Yuna: "I was baffled, but I didn't have any particular thoughts at the moment other than I was so glad that it was over and I am still happy over that. However, people are still telling me even now that we pity you, it was unjust, regrettable, we are distressed over you (laughing), even though I myself haven't obsessed over the result at all."
Q: "Is that because you are a person who is particularly generous? If it was me, I don't know how I could've slept at night."
Yuna: "It's not that (laughing). Though I said before the Olympics that I don't have to win Gold, and I don't have that desperation, I did think, as a natural human reaction, that I would still feel sorry over not getting it, if it were to happen. But after the Olympics, I felt that it was really true I didn't have THAT degree of desperation."
Q: "You were in tears after the performance."
Yuna: "To be honest, even after the short, when I was in my room resting and preparing to go to sleep, I was suddenly just overcome with emotion, and I couldn't believe that this moment(the final competition) has come, and after the free, as I said in the after-game interview, I would've been a lot crying even if I had won Gold. All the memories of hard times and what I have been holding back just flooded in."
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