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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Korea+uncut/1258021/story.html
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Korea�s Yu-Na Kim an uncut gem
Potential queen of women�s figure skating has Four Continents title in her sights
Only when China�s Lu Chen was on the cusp of a world figure skating title in the mid-1990s did the actual arrangement of her name become an issue. Was it Lu Chen, or Chen Lu?
Soon, figure skating mavens were wagging all-knowing fingers at one another � until LuLu, perhaps embarrassed by the whole thing, said either one was fine with her.
So in a way, it�s a compliment to Brian Orser�s gifted Korean skater, Yu-Na Kim, who leads the ISU Four Continents championship heading into Friday's women�s long program at Pacific Coliseum, that the same debate now looms over the spelling and order of her name.
With the 2010 Olympics but a year away, and the 18-year-old firmly established as a potential queen of women�s figure skating, even the smallest details are important, and a name is no small detail.
So � is it Yu-Na Kim, as it appears on ISU start lists, results sheets and biographical data? Or is it, as one translator of Korean insists, Kim Yeon Ah? Or something in between?
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Other than that, the 47-year-old former world champion [Brian Orser] didn�t catch much of a break when he agreed, after demurring for a year, to teach this charming, elegant kid, who simply showed up on his doorstep at the Toronto Cricket Club three years ago, moved to Toronto with her mother and physical therapist, and kept after him to coach her.
He refused, at first, because he was still skating, and had touring commitments. But retirement was made easier by the chance to work with this uncut gem. |
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Troll_Bait
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See update in Original Post.
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Last night, people were crowded around TVs (e.g. train stations, restaurants, etc.) watching her skate. If she wins the gold medal at next year's Olympics, this place is going to go bananas in a way not seen since the 2002 World Cup. |
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