Skating 'queen' Kim set to return (Threads merged)

[Sugar]

Yu Na 's sp is twice as exciting as anything I saw from the GPF.
http://youtu.be/ATR6g__rqpI

Long live the queen!

the QUEEN has RETURNED.

[Sylvia]

Cross-posting from the NRW Trophy thread in Kiss and Cry:

Yu-Na Kim and Ladies SP article: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/artic...&vkey=ice_news

Photo gallery: http://web.icenetwork.com/photos/gal...nt_id=40580834

[l'etoile]

Yu Na 's sp is twice as exciting as anything I saw from the GPF.

Long live the queen!

the QUEEN has RETURNED.

Only when Kween lets her be So excited for Yuna

[Jammers]

Unlike Plushenko, Lysacek and Weir Yuna has a chance to make a comeback because she's still in her prime and since she hasn't skated hardly at all in nearly two years her body is worn out . She just needs to skate in more competitive events to be sharp. Is she going to skate at Worlds this year? I hope she also skates at 4CC too.

[lakewood]

I wish she had a more dramatic costume and makeup to go with that music. She looks so delicate and feminine when she steps on the ice and then she skates to that dark heavy music, it seems a little jarring. I think that is why some people say they can't get into the music. The choreography looks fine to me and she skates it well. I like a little drama on the ice.

"My main goal today was to get at least 28 technical points, which are required now to be allowed to go to worlds again; therefore, I concentrated more on the technical aspect here and not so much on expression," Kim said. "I know that I have to work more on [adding] emotion in the future, but tomorrow, in the free skate, I will have less stress." She will add more drama in the future.

[michiruwater]

Here's hoping she becomes only the second female Olympic figure skater to repeat; the first being Katarina Witt.

Speaking of Sonja Henie, she repeated twice. Witt was the second. Kim could very well be the third.

[Sylvia]

Re-posting the following from the YNK news thread in the Trash Can:

She won’t be competing at 4CC due to schedule conflict with Special Olympics in PyeongChang which is to be held in the same period. Her only other competition event between NRW and Worlds will be Korean Nationals in January.

Kim Yu-na reigns on return to skating competition
By CIARAN FAHEY, Associated Press
http://www.newstimes.com/sports/arti...on-4101786.php

[EricRohmer]

fancam! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzjHVyVja28

[EricRohmer]

"Rather than being nervous, I looked forward to the competition and there wasn't too much pressure for me because it was a small competition."

"That's how I felt up to this morning practice but, in the warm up, I got tense and felt the nerves while performing."

"My legs were shaking at certain moments.(laugh)"

"I was nervous but prepared, so I tried to get the job done with every element. I had one scary moment but, overall, I'm satisfied."

"My objective was to get the minimum TES, so I'm glad I'm already halfway to the goal line."

"Rather than my total score, I was focused on getting good TES and so my mind was keep telling me that I shouldn't make mistakes."

"Because I played not a vampire but a leading lady who is bitten, I think people might not feel stronger than they expected. I tried to express the complicating feelings denying temptation but falling into them at the same time."

"Because of being first competition, I don't remember how I performed.(laugh) I guess it will require yet time to be able to express well."

http://sports.news.nate.com/view/20121209n00360

[Dyu]

"Rather than being nervous, I looked forward to the competition and there wasn't too much pressure for me because it was a small competition."

"That's how I felt up to this morning practice but, in the warm up, I got tense and felt the nerves while performing."

"My legs were shaking at certain moments.(laugh)"

"I was nervous but prepared, so I tried to get the job done with every element. I had one scary moment but, overall, I'm satisfied."

"My objective was to get the minimum TES, so I'm glad I'm already halfway to the goal line."

"Rather than my total score, I was focused on getting good TES and so my mind was keep telling me that I shouldn't make mistakes."

"Because I played not a vampire but a leading lady who is bitten, I think people might not feel stronger than they expected. I tried to express the complicating feelings denying temptation but falling into them at the same time."

"Because of being first competition, I don't remember how I performed.(laugh) I guess it will require yet time to be able to express well."

http://sports.news.nate.com/view/20121209n00360

Thank you for translation. I love it.

[Rottie]

Well, I thought she was pretty darn expressive already. Can't wait to see this when it has more miles on it!

[ehdtkqorl123]

Yu-Na's free skating costumes

http://paulshin.ca/yunatube/res/yuna_news_ko.html

[ehdtkqorl123]

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[lowtherlore]

Yu-Na's free skating costumes

http://paulshin.ca/yunatube/res/yuna_news_ko.html

It's lovely! All appropriate to the theme.

Can't wait to see her long program. She may be relaxed a bit now as there's some room for mistakes in the FS.

[Iceman]

I guess some of the ladies feel their dreams slowly going down the drain. Of course, with this notice this far ahead of the Olympics, they do have the opportunity to up the ante.

Why did they have to insert that nude material in the neck line?

[skatak]

"I was nervous but prepared, so I tried to get the job done with every element. I had one scary moment but, overall, I'm satisfied."

I would bet on the landing of the double Axel...

[shine]

Her PCS is outrageous. She's really not that much better there than the rest of the field.

[puretea]

Her entourage includes...

2 coaches (Shin Hye-sook & Ryu Jong-hyeon)
1 physiotherapist
1 director of her agency
2 Korean skaters including Jin-Seo Kim
1 her mom
1 someone I don't know

1 someone I don't know= Jinseo Kim's mother

[lowtherlore]

3lz-3t, 3f, 3s, 3lz, 1a-1t-1lo, 3s-2t(fall), 2a, 129, total 201

Some mistakes in the 2nd half, but nicely done and a gorgeous program!

[ehdtkqorl123]

Her PCS is outrageous. She's really not that much better there than the rest of the field.

you think so.