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In figure skating at the Beijing Olympics, the so-called 'Yuna Kids' were dazzling.
She said that figure skating queen Yuna Kim, who watched the Olympics from her home, was proud of the growth of her juniors, and she rejoiced with her.
This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
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Yuna Kim, who visited SBS as an ambassador for the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games, said she watched the Beijing Olympics with just as much tension as her as an athlete.
[Kim Yuna / 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Ambassador: I said that my parents watched the Olympics standing up because they couldn’t sit and watch it.
He seemed to know his heart.
I think I felt a lot of tension when I watched it at home and got up from the sofa.] Not only
Yoo Young and Kim Ye-rim, but also Cha Jun-hwan and Lee Si-hyeong, the so-called 'Yuna Kids' who started figure skating after seeing themselves winning gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics 12 years ago. [
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Kim / 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Ambassador: I’ve been watching it since I was young, but now that I’m grown up, it was so proud and wonderful to see myself competing in the Olympics.
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[Kim Yuna / 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic ambassador: Isn’t it a bit difficult to achieve good results compared to the athletes of the powerful countries? I think I got some confidence that it would work.]
Recalling her difficult childhood, Yuna Kim explained why she was the ambassador for the Youth Olympics for the third time.
[Kim Yuna / 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic PR Ambassador: I really cried every day and trained, and I think that was the time when I had the most injuries and the training was very hard and difficult.
I also have experience, so I want to tell you to overcome, overcome, and persevere…
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Just as she inspired 'Yuna Kids' in Korea, Yuna Kim said she wants to instill Olympic dreams in dream trees around the world.
(Video coverage: Park Seung-won, video editing: Lee Jung-taek)