Sochi Olympics 2014: Kim Yuna controversy

It seems like a lot of people are upset that Kim Yuna did not win the gold medal in figure skating. At the end of the short program she was in first place. After the free skate she was in 2nd place behind the Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova.

I was surprised that she didn't get the gold medal. Her performance was really good on both nights. She lost to the Russian skater by 5 points. I read that the Russian skater won because her skating moves were more difficult so she earned more points for them. Others think that the judging was unfair. There are tons of articles on the Internet about the controversy because a lot of people think Kim Yuna was robbed of the Gold medal.

I understand why people think the judging was rigged because the home country's skater won. I'd feel bad if I had just won a gold medal and everyone else is focusing on how the silver medalist should have won.

Kim Yuna won the gold medal in Vancouver 4 years ago. She was hoping to be a back-to-back Olympic champion.

Kim Yuna will be retiring after the Olympics.

Sochi Olympics 2014: Day 13 South Korea Medal Count

South Korea won 1 medal on day 13 of the Olympics.

Kim Yuna won a silver medal for figure skating

Medal Count

Gold-2
Silver-2
Bronze-1

South Korea is in 17th place by number of medals

South Korean Songs for World Cup

A lot of the K-pop groups made songs and music videos for World Cup.

My favorite is 2AM.

2AM (투에이엠) - No.1 (넘버원) [World Cup Song]


Super Junior (슈퍼주니어) - Victory Korea [World Cup Song]


Big Bang & Kim Yuna - The Shouts Of Red (Part. 2)

Kim Yu-na to debut as a singer

Kim Yu-na is a popular figure skater in South Korea. She won a gold medal in the 2010Winter olympics. Now she is preparing to debut as a singer. She is preparing for a duet with K-pop singer Lee Seung-gi.

Kim has already proven that she has singing ability on many TV shows.

Here's a commercial where she sings:



skating video:

Kim Yu-na wins first gold in Olympics

Korean world champion Kim Yu-na won the gold medal in the women's figure skating competition in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on Friday (KST).

It is the first time that Korea has grabbed the Olympic gold medal in the figure skating and it is the second in Asia.

Kim burst into tears after finishing her free skate at the Pacific Coliseum which gave her gold by a massive 23-point margin on her arch-rival Mao Asada of Japan.

Kim received a world record of 228.56 points, renewing her own record of 210.03 set in last October.

“I can't believe this day has finally come for me," said Kim "I still can't believe my performance.”

Wearing a simple blue dress with a sparkling band around her neck, the 19-year-old skated to the Concerto in F by George Gershwin.

She never before had cried after a skating competition but tears flowed on Friday as she nailed all jumps--triple lutz-triple toe loop combination, four other triple jumps-- all with highly positive grades of execution. The 11,000 plus crowd in Pacific Coliseum gave her standing applause.

“Watching previous figure skaters, I always wondered why they cried after their performance. Crying for the first time today, I still don't know why I did." Kim told AFP. Mao Asada skated immediately after Kim. She managed to execute two back-to-back triple axels, the second combined with a double toe loop. But halfway through her routine she ran into trouble, double footing a triple flip and singling the following attempted triple toe loop, according to AFP.

"I didn't see Kim's score," said Asada. "I couldn't watch her skate but I knew she had a solid performance as I heard the crowd's applause."


Mao scored 131.72 for an overall 205.50 and enough to take silver. Canada's Joannie Rochette earned 202.64 to grab bronze. Kim's fellow teammate Kwak Min-jung finished 13th with 155.53 points.

Kim's victory gives South Korea its first Olympic figure skating gold and adds to an already impressive showing at the games by the country's speed skaters, with big-name companies expected to increase their ad budgets for athletes who won medal, according to Yonhap news agency.