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ABC KID
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 Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:59 am Post subject: Kim Yu-Na Goes For Gold... |
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Winter Olympics very soon...
Kim Yu-Na starts as a deserving and strong favorite to win a skating gold medal. She faces competition from some very capable Japanese skaters. She should win but victory is not the formality some people would have you believe...
Will you be watching? |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Kim Yu-Na Goes For Gold... |
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| ABC KID wrote: |
Winter Olympics very soon...
Kim Yu-Na starts as a deserving and strong favorite to win a skating gold medal. She faces competition from some very capable Japanese skaters. She should win but victory is not the formality some people would have you believe...
Will you be watching? |
...yes. |
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bassist33
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Mok-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| Depends what she's wearing. |
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exercise_in_futility
Joined: 11 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| i enjoy watching figure skating and always root for them to fall on their asses... call me sadistic but nothing like the anticipation of that triple axe or triple lutz... build up build up buid up... KERPLOP |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope she places just behind the Japanese and finishes fourth. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Go Yuna! Be white-uh! |
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gay in korea
Joined: 13 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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i never saw her when she was supposedly a student of mine.
I don't see why I should try to see her on the TV now... |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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I can't imagine the amount of stress she's under to succeed. She raked in close to $10 million in sponsorships last year, basically making her the Tiger/MJ of Korean sports. The entire country is behind her, but if she blows it she'll see how quickly the tide can turn.
Thankfully, she's probably spent enough time overseas training with an international crowd that she's been deprogrammed from the K-celebrity mentality and won't jump off a building if she fails to bring home the gold. |
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Mr. BlackCat
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
I can't imagine the amount of stress she's under to succeed. She raked in close to $10 million in sponsorships last year, basically making her the Tiger/MJ of Korean sports. The entire country is behind her, but if she blows it she'll see how quickly the tide can turn.
Thankfully, she's probably spent enough time overseas training with an international crowd that she's been deprogrammed from the K-celebrity mentality and won't jump off a building if she fails to bring home the gold. |
I just read an article about how her coach is keeping almost all media away from her, and definitely all Korean media. She said that she could never train in Korea and after the competition in Korea a few months back she criticized the fans here and said she would never compete at home again. That is when I decided to root for her.
I want her to do well, but let's be honest. Even if she falls 5 times, Korean netizens will say it was unfair and threaten the winner and judges. And of course the winner will likely be Japanese in that case, so it would be interesting/sad to see what would happen. I might see some of it, I'll be visiting home at the time and my mom loves figure skating. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. BlackCat wrote: |
I just read an article about how her coach is keeping almost all media away from her, and definitely all Korean media. She said that she could never train in Korea and after the competition in Korea a few months back she criticized the fans here and said she would never compete at home again. |
She certainly has no qualms about having her face plastered all over everything in Korea, though! |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| The Korean Post Office is issuing Olympic stamps on Feb 12, and she's on one of the stamps. Yeah, that's pressure. |
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Pinished
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| I can't imagine the amount of stress she's under to succeed. |
All she has to do is fire one up with her Canadian coach, that should relax her. When she falls it will be his fault unless many Korean fans attend that don't know how to cheer for the sport. |
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Pinished
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| bassist33 wrote: |
| Depends what she's wearing. |
Whatever that may be, can we get a photographer to take crotch shots of her like the Korean media takes of non-Korean female athletes and paste them on front pages of sports pages and Internet? |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:16 am Post subject: |
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I can understand the negative comments...the Olympics and nationalism and all...but just the same...I wouldn't wish her any ill will just because of Korean nationalistic zeal.
Nationalism makes me ill no matter what country it's coming from.
Besides, she's hardly playing the any strong nationalistic card...as she is training in Canada and has admitted to needing the international support...good on her.
I've seen her in a few interviews and she comes off as humble and hard working.
I hope she performs at her best, and if she does, that would likely result in a gold medal.
I know the Olympic games are about more than just individual effort, but should she win the gold...good for her...as a person. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:29 am Post subject: |
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I fear she may have peaked too early. I think a silver or gold will be acceptable with the Korean populace. But any placing in the medals guarantees her a nice regular government income for the rest of her life.
I hope she wins gold, so she can pad that bank account of hers with another 20 or so billion more won. She'll need the money because I doubt her academics are up to par. |
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