All posts tagged "Kim Yuna"

  • South Korea artists dance around an illuminated snowman after the handing over of the next Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang, during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
    See you in PyeongChang

    Gangwon Province resort town needs to be successful both in and after Olympics By Kim Tong-hyung After 17 days of drama and off-the-field controversy, the Sochi Olympics went into the books with a lavish ceremony on Sunday,...

    • Posted February 24, 2014
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    Kim Yuna had private meeting with IOC President Bach

    A bout of uproar against the “biased” judging that “robbed” gold medal from figure favorite Kim Yuna in women’s single program garnered more than one million signatures in protest of the panel’s decision. There is much speculation...

    • Posted February 24, 2014
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    Sochi Winter Olympics ends with host on top

    S. Korea finishes with 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi drew to a conclusion on Sunday, with the host Russia back on top. The...

    • Posted February 24, 2014
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  • No one paid much attention to Park Seung-hi, but she came through big time for Korea. (Yonhap)
    Double Park for Gold

    All the talk in Korea was about Kim Yuna, Lee Sang-hwa, and Shim Suk-hee,  but it’s Park Seung-hi who delivered three medals for Korea, including two gold By Lee Kyutae To say Park Seung-hi has been flying...

    • Posted February 22, 2014
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  • Adelina Sotnikova of Russia competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
    [HOT LINKS] How Sotnikova Beat Kim, Move by Move – The New York Times

      A lot of people thought Kim Yuna was robbed of gold medal in Sochi. It didn’t help that the Ukrainian judge, Yuri Balkov, had been suspended for a year for trying to fix an event at the Winter...

    • Posted February 21, 2014
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  • Kim Yuna, right, has a good reason for momentarily not looking as happy as the gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, middle, and the bronze medalist Carolina Kostner of Italia. (Yonhap)
    [HOT LINKS] Figure skating gold for Russia, but not without controversy …

      “I don’t want to say the fix was in, but we might have a better idea of where that $51 billion that Vladimir Putin spent on the Olympics went.” – Steve Politi / New Jersey Star-Ledger...

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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  • Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, centre, Kim Yuna of South Korea, left, and Carolina Kostner of Italy stand on the podium during the flower ceremony for the women's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Sotnikova placed first, followed by Kim and Kostner. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
    Kim Yuna settles for silver

    South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna settled for the silver medal in the ladies’ singles competition at the Sochi Winter Games on Thursday. Kim earned 144.19 points in her free skate for the total of 219.11 points....

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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