Olympic Gold

Olympic Gold

Olympic Gold

Kim Yu-Na Olympic Gold medalist holds up her gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics figure skating competition. The 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Pacific Coliseum between February 14 and 27, 2010. It was the 23rd edition of the figure skating event at the Olympics, and the 21st edition at the Winter Olympics.

Kim was born in 1990 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi and moved to Gunpo when she was six years old. She trained initially in South Korea before moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in May 2007. She spent four years in Toronto. She currently trains in Seoul and Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Wikipedia article. In 2008, Kim was baptized as a Catholic alongside her mother, taking the saint’s name Stella.  In 2009, Kim enrolled at Korea University as a Physical Education major. The correct transliteration of her name from Korean would be ‘Kim Yeona’.  However, when she applied for her passport, she intended to write her name as ‘Yun-a’, but the official mis-wrote her name as ‘Yu-na’. In Hangul, ‘Yuna’ would properly be spelled “연” and not “유나.”From the 2010–2011 season, her name was registered as ‘Yuna Kim’ at ISU profile.
Pacific Coliseum : Location 100 North Renfrew Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5K 3N7 Broke ground 1966, Opened January 8, 1968 Renovated 1984, 2007 Expanded 1984 Owner and Operator  City of Vancouver.

Pacific Coliseum.jpg  (below) Kim Yu-na Long Programme practice skate, George Gershwin Piano Concerto.

                    

(below) Kim Yu-na Short Programme, James bond medley 2010 Vancouver Olympics (한자막) American commentary.

(below) Kim Yu-na Long Programme, Gershwin Piano Concerto 2010 Vancouver Olympics (한자막) English commentary.

Kin Yu-Na’s figure skating performance is will be remembered as one of the best of all time.
The South Korean lady Kim Yu-Na skated into the Olympic gold medal history book’s Thursday night, scoring 228.56 points and shattering her previous world record by more than 18 points. This is South Korea’s first medal at the Winter Olympics in a sport other than speedskating, Kim yu-na is just 19 years old and her win will set off celebrations from Seoul to Pyeongchang.

Run Devil Run

Run Devil Run

Run Devil Run.
 Kim YuNa dances to the music Run Devil Run Girls’ Generation,  “Run Devil Run” was ranked 1top at the South Korean Gaon Music Chart for two weeks. Written and originally recorded by the Beatles in Abbey road London.  Run Devil RunRecorded: March 3, 1999 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England Instrumentation: Paul McCartney: lead vocal, bass guitar David Gilmour: electric guitar, lap steel guitar Mick Green: electric guitar Pete Wingfield: piano Ian Paice: drums.

Kim Yu Na Run Devil Run. Festa On Ice 2010 Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastics Gymnasium. The Olympic Gymnastics Arena is an indoor sports arena, located at the Olympic Park, in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul South Korea. It was constructed between 31 August 1984 and 30 April 1986.
Skaters : Yu-Na Kim, Chea-Lynn Bourne, Zhang Dan, Min-Jung Kwak and Kiira Korpi.  Kim Yu-Na, Yuna Kim (Hangul : ko | 김연아, Hanja). Shae-Lynn Bourne, MSC (born January 24, 1976) is a Canadian ice dancer. Zhang Dan. (s 张丹 | t 張丹 | p Zhāng Dān born October 4, 1985 in Harbin , Heilongjiang , China ). Kwak Min-Jeong (born January 23, 1994 in Seoul ) is a South Korean figure skater, name Kwak Min-Jeong Kwak Min-Jung. Kiira Korpi, Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (born 26 September 1988) is a Finnish figure skater.
Girls’ Generation (Korean: 소녀시대; Sonyeo Shidae) is a nine-member South Korean pop girl group, formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. They are also referred to as SoShi (소시) or SNSD by their fans, both abbreviated forms of the group’s Korean name.

Run Devil Run Girls Generation.jpg

Girls’ Generation in January 2012. by kind courtesy of Wikipedia.
From left to right: Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Yoona, Jessica, Tiffany, Sunny and Yuri.