Korea's Young YOU is this year's youngest "Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia" honoree (article & 3A practice clips)

[Sylvia]

Article/photos: https://www.forbes.com/sites/elaineramirez/2018/04/05/young-you-under-30-asia-yuna-kim/#7b1d0bdd3006

You, this year’s youngest Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree, was the youngest ever to win the South Korean national championships in 2016 at age 11, beating Queen Yuna who won the title in 2003 at age 12. You clinched the title again this January, raising the country’s hopes for her to one day fill Kim’s skates.
“I still have a lot to learn, but ultimately I want to be someone like Kim Yuna,” You said in an interview between practices at her training rink in northern Seoul.

Off the rink, she enjoys the pleasantries of other early teenage girls: shopping, trying on makeup, baking cookies (cookies with icing are her favorite) or hanging out with friends, who are mostly her fellow skaters. After her skating career, she hopes to catch up on life by adopting a dog, attending university, traveling and continuing to bake.
Until then, You faces her journey one competition at a time, now focusing on refining her technique and introducing a new jump--the triple axle--to her routine for the national qualifier for the international Grand Prix. As for quadruple jumps, she says: “I need to practice.”

3A: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg_oXmfAEYO/
3A+3T: https://www.instagram.com/p/BhGsHBLAfYn/

She will turn 14 in May 2018.

 

[clairecloutier]

I was impressed with Young You at Junior Worlds this year. I thought she showed more personality than some of the other juniors. Also I thought she had nice knee action--a definite rise and fall to her movement. I liked her & I hope she continues to develop this year. Her skating is a little unrefined and coltish right now, but I would imagine that will improve with time. Hopefully her rivalry with Eunsoo Lim will push both of them.