I think she probably will. She's such a prodigy in so many ways. In fact, through the CoP era, no one has exceeded her gifts, except, sometimes, Mao (though in different details), and the only way YuNa has lost is when she has been off her feed somehow. At her best, she's pretty much unassailable in almost every way that can be measured.
I would, however, like to point out that there are aspects of skating that cannot be measured, and in those aspects, other skaters, not just YuNa, excel. This is a matter of the heart—the skaters' hearts and those of us fans—and cannot be quantified quite so easily.
skateluvr said:But I think you backpedal a bit...
As I said MM, I like this LP very much and have watched oh, maybe 10 times. She is amazing, getting better, but as of today, I agree with Peggy despite her amazing big, fully rotated triple triples. Yuna has no nerves. [...]
Music choice is so key with Yuna. No one really raved about her sp and it is forgettable despite her winning it. The LP is better constructed to make her perform more. If that music does not get you involved and emoting, nothing will. David Wilson knows his subject so well. There is a reason her Sp and LP in Vancouver were lite hearted, fun, sexy, charming. She acts well. Contrast this with her Gala skate in Vancouver. It requires a slow, adagio skater with beautiful lines and legs and feet. She has weaknesses, though we are not supposed to notice. [...]
When I watch Yuna skate, I feel like I am watching Leonardo Da Vinci paint, or listening to Mozart or Beethoven. Even more so. She's that good.
Other people are entitled to their own opinions, but for me personally, I think -- like those examples -- Yuna will be considered the best or among the best forever.
If you watch some of her programs:
2009 World Championships (Danse Macabre, Scheherazade)
2009 Skate America (James Bond Medley)
2010 Vancouver Olympics (Concerto in F, Meditation de Thais)
2013 World Championships (Les Miserables)
How can someone not be in awe of her performances? Since 2009 her talent and hard work have propelled her into the stratosphere, head and shoulders above anyone else and its not even close.
Who else can say that, in their prime, they were light years ahead of all the other world class skaters of their generation?
Toller Cranston said that Yuna's skating was not remembered in Canada because it didn't connect emotionally, ie it wasn't as memorable as many skates.
I always said, Yuna is a greyhound, Mao a Gazelle, and Caro is simply a goddess. I love seeing her sheer elegance. I think she might be my fave last two seasons.
But I'm happy to see what vehicles Wilson designs for Yuna. I do feel bad for the others as worlds made it clear, a clean Yuna with hard jumps will kill anyone. She is made for CoP. For me, I still prefer the Kween. And I think Yuna has one more season to change my mind.
When I watch Yuna skate, I feel like I am watching Leonardo Da Vinci paint, or listening to Mozart or Beethoven. Even more so. She's that good.
Other people are entitled to their own opinions, but for me personally, I think -- like those examples -- Yuna will be considered the best or among the best forever.
If you watch some of her programs:
2009 World Championships (Danse Macabre, Scheherazade)
2009 Skate America (James Bond Medley)
2010 Vancouver Olympics (Concerto in F, Meditation de Thais)
2013 World Championships (Les Miserables)
How can someone not be in awe of her performances? Since 2009 her talent and hard work have propelled her into the stratosphere, head and shoulders above anyone else and its not even close.
Who else can say that, in their prime, they were light years ahead of all the other world class skaters of their generation?
It wasn't so much the idea of aliens, it was the arbitrary picking of Top 10 programs by a single skater. Why 10? Why not 5? Why not 3?I know, I know. Prettykeys made fun of my aliens, so I had to back off. Maybe we can send 11 programs into outer space.
Then why have non-Korean fans of skating also reported it as being one of their favourite YuNa Kim programs, despite it being half-cooked that season? As both an ethnic Korean and a figure skating fan since the days of Ito/Yamaguchi, Homage is one of my favourite YuNa programs because there was no character for her to play. It was a performance that was as raw emotion and soul as you might get from YuNa. What makes me really regret it, more than the fact that it wasn't skated cleanly, was that she later said that she felt that the judges did not quite understand it. Which suggests to me that she is probably not going to try a program like that ever again, traditional Korean music or not.Homage was likely very moving for Koreans due to music.
It wasn't so much the idea of aliens, it was the arbitrary picking of Top 10 programs by a single skater. Why 10? Why not 5? Why not 3?