Yuna Kim wipes the tears from her face during a press conference after her farewell ice show held at Olympic Gymnastics Stadium on Tuesday night (May 6) in Seoul, South Korea.
The 23-year-old Olympian skated her last show at the stadium and hung up her competition skates.
“I’m officially ending my career as an athlete here,” she shared during the press conference. “I have been really happy.”
Yuna added, “I want to take a good rest after this event. Getting ready for this show has kept me busy. I have received more love and support than I deserve.”
Yuna took home the gold medal in ladie’s figure skating during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and the silver at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
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Russia’s Adeline Sotnikova wraps herself in her country’s flag alongside Korea’s Yuna Kim and Italy’s Carolina Kostner, after winning the gold medal during the ladie’s free skate at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics held at Iceberg Skating Palace on Thursday night (February 20) in Sochi, Russia.
Adelina, 17, was passed over for the team event where Russia won gold with sensation Yulia Lipnitskaya — she ended up 5th, overall.
“I really wanted to participate in the team competition because I understood that we would win a medal because our team is so strong,” Adelina shared with press afterwards. “When I found out I was not in the team, I felt so sorry and I felt offended. I felt so cheated in a way. Anyway, I still had my goal to show this skating, the one that I did today. Maybe it is all for the best that I didn’t compete in the team competition and it was an advantage for me that it made me so mad to win the gold medal.”
Team USA’s Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner and Polina Edmunds were strong on the ice, with only a few falls on jumps between them. They all ended up in the top ten — Gracie, 4th, Ashley, 7th and Polina, 9th.
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Queen of Figure Skating, Yuna Kim stuns the crowd silent up until the very end of her performance during the Figure Skating Ladies’ Short Program at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics held at Iceberg Skating Palace on Wednesday night (February 19) in Sochi, Russia.
The reigning Olympic gold medalist, who hasn’t competed in a major competition for two years, came back and claimed the top spot ahead of Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova and Carolina Kostner of Italy, who are 2nd and 3rd.
Russia’s upcoming superstar Yulia Lipnitskaya placed 5th after a fall during her triple flip.
Japan’s Mao Asada, who claimed silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, currently sits in 16th place after she fell on her opening jump, a triple axel.
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Yuna Kim and Mirai Nagasu raise their hands up high after hearing their scores at the Ladies Free Skating Final at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver on Thursday evening (February 25).
The two figure skating finalists placed first and fourth, respectively, at the end of all the top contenders performances.
Yuna, 19 from South Korea, skated to Piano Concerto in F by Gershwin and ironically, has never skated this program clean before Thursday.
Mirai, 16, skated to Carmen and although placed fourth overall, jumped for joy like she won the gold medal.
Rachael Flatt placed 6th and Canadian Joannie Rochette took home the bronze medal.
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