[Empress of ice]

As the official news that she'll compete this year, let's post every article in referance to it
from the programs, costume, coach EVERYTHING
CHEER UP YUNA!!!!

[finesand]

So far, we expect 3 games in 12/13 season. (Subject to change, though.)

- 1 National

- 1 International (No GPS, NO GPF, No 4CC)

- 1 WC in Canada

[jaylee]

I think 4CCs is a possibility. GP is definitely out.

[jaylee]

Okay, everyone, what's your best guess for the coach?

Below is all speculation, because I have zero inside information whatsoever.

Peter Oppegard is still a possibility. I wouldn't rule him out until, well, he's ruled out. Yu-na and Michelle are still friendly, too. He's got Caroline Zhang, but I don't think that's a barrier.

Frank Carroll...he's no longer coaching Mirai. I think he's a bit too intertwined with the USFSA, but he does coach Denis Ten. He may be intrigued by coaching a ladies OGM.

Rafael Arutunian. I think he picked up a new skater this season, but I can't for the life of me remember who it was...? It's possible, who knows?

I suppose she could always go back to one of her old Korean coaches (Kim Se-Yol?) but I kind of doubt it.

Morosov? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Christy Krall? John Nicks?

[jaylee]

Btw, I can't help but dream...maybe I'll go to 2013 Worlds to watch Yu-Na skate. Canada's not so far away, and it's almost a year away--plenty of time to plan.

[winteriscoming]

new coach? Michelle Kwan! LOL

Peter Oppegard is a good choice, i guess. Yuna looked so comfortable with him! I don't think it's a good idea to go to a completely new coach this time. New training place, new coach, that's too much at this time.

I don't think she'll compete at 4CC. Isn't it Special Olympics period in Korea???

[finesand]

Here is interesting interviews.

http://sports.media....120703001503190

Needs translation.

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잠시 경기장을 떠나 있었던 김연아(22·고려대)가 '피겨 선수'로 돌아온다.

김연아는 2일 서울 공릉동 태릉국제빙상장에서 기자회견을 열고 "대한민국 피겨 대표 김연아로 새출발하겠다. 2014년 소치 겨울올림픽에서 선수 은퇴를 하겠다"고 말했다. 김연아는 2010 밴쿠버 올림픽 피겨 여자싱글 금메달 이후 2010-2011 시즌에는 모스크바 세계선수권대회에만 참가했고, 지난 시즌은 통째로 쉬었다. '이렇게 가다 은퇴하는 게 아니냐'는 말이 떠돌았지만 소치 올림픽 참가를 공식 선언하면서 논란을 정면돌파했다.



Q1: 김연아는 왜 돌아왔나

올림픽 금, 세계선수권 1위 등 김연아는 선수로 이룰 것을 다 이뤘다. 은퇴도 진지하게 생각했다. 김연아는 기자회견에서 "올림픽 금메달 이후 목표를 찾기 힘들었다. 반면 국민적인 관심과 애정은 더 커져서 부담이 됐다. 그러나 부담감 때문에 선수 생활을 접으면 나중에 두고두고 후회할 것 같다"고 복귀 이유를 밝혔다.

더 실질적인 이유도 있다. 김연아는 국제올림픽위원회(IOC) 선수위원을 목표로 하고 있다. 김연아가 2016 리우데자네이루 하계 올림픽 도중 열리는 선수위원 선거에 참가하려면 2014 소치 올림픽에 출전 경력이 있어야 한다. 그는 평창 겨울올림픽 유치활동에 적극적으로 나서는 등 스포츠 행정가로서의 꿈을 수차례 밝혀왔다. 엉덩방아를 찧더라도 소치 올림픽에 출전해야 한다.

Q2: 다시 세계 정상 가능한가

김연아는 "기대치를 낮추고 나 자신을 위한 연기를 하겠다"고 말했다. 하지만 전문가의 반응은 매우 긍정적이다. 금세 전성기에 버금가는 기량을 되찾을 수 있다는 전망이 많다. 운동을 완전히 접은 게 아니라 아이스쇼를 한 게 도움이 많이 됐다는 분석이다.

고성희 피겨 국제심판은 "2011년 세계선수권 때도 1년 내내 준비한 선수들보다 잘했다. 본인이 충분히 가능하다고 판단해 복귀를 선언했을 것"이라고 했다. 김연아의 어린 시절 은사인 류종현 코치는 "그동안 하루 4시간 정도 매일 개인훈련을 한 것으로 안다. 태릉에서 보니 연속 점프 등 뛸 점프는 다 뛰더라"고 말했다. 아직 김연아는 22세다. 소치 올림픽 때는 24세가 된다. 2006년 토리노 올림픽 때는 당시 25세였던 아라카와 시즈카가 금메달을 땄다.

Q2: 향후 일정은

소치 올림픽에 나가려면 처음부터 다시 시작해야 한다. 일단 10월 말로 예정된 회장배 랭킹대회에 나가야 국가대표 자격을 다시 얻어야 한다. 또 내년 1월에 열리는 종합선수권대회(국가대표선발전)에서 우승해야 2012-2013 세계선수권대회 참가 자격을 얻는다. 세계선수권에 가려면 관문이 하나 더 있다. 국제빙상연맹(ISU)이 인정하는 국제대회에 참가해서 쇼트프로그램 기술점수 28.0점 이상을 받아야 한다. 세계 선수권에서는 24위 이내에 입상하면 올림픽에 출전할 수 있다. 만일 김연아가 10위 이내에 들면 또 다른 한국 선수 1명이 올림픽에 동반할 수 있다.

[Nadia]

finesand, on 02 July 2012 - 09:31 PM, said:

Here is interesting interviews.

http://sports.media....120703001503190

Needs translation.

another super quick translation

I'm not going to repeat the Q1 part (why did she come back?) b/c the other thread has tons of information already. Refer to my own translation here if you need to read it (it's longer and more detailed) http://yunaforum.com...ndpost&p=103870

As for the rest

-- is it possible to be #1?

Yuna said she'll lower expectations and perform for herself. Experts (in Korea) feel positive, and many feel that she can regain her top form soon. She didn't give up skating, and she did ice shows.

Go Seong-Hee (International FS judge) said, "She did better than skaters who prepped all season long in 2011 Worlds. I'm sure she decided to come back b/c she thought she could do it again." Yuna's former coach Ryu Jong-hyun said, "I understand she trained 4 hours/day even when she was skipping the season. I saw her do combination jumps in Taereung." Yuna's only 22. She'll be 24 in Sochi. Shizuka was 25 years old when she won in Torino.

-- Her plans for the season

She has to start over to go to Sochi. She has to compete in the Ranking Competition in October to earn a spot on the national squad. Then she has to go to the Nats in January (National Rep Selection Competition) and win in order to go to the Worlds. Furthermore, she must go to an ISU-sanctioned international competition and earn at least 28.0 point in the short program to qualify to go to the worlds. If she is 24th or better at the worlds, she'll earn a spot for herself for Sochi. If she places 10th or better, she'll earn 2 spots.

[alexander]

Is there any indication of where Yuna will train? Do we assume LA, since Peter Oppergard is located there?

I would love to see Yuna back in the US!!!

[finesand]

alexander, on 02 July 2012 - 10:40 PM, said:

Is there any indication of where Yuna will train? Do we assume LA, since Peter Oppergard is located there?

I would love to see Yuna back in the US!!!

According to some interviews, Tae-Reung in Korea. (Subeject to change, of course.)

[finesand]

Nadia, on 02 July 2012 - 09:54 PM, said:

-- Her plans for the season

She has to start over to go to Sochi. She has to compete in the Ranking Competition in October to earn a spot on the national squad. Then she has to go to the Nats in January (National Rep Selection Competition) and win in order to go to the Worlds. Furthermore, she must go to an ISU-sanctioned international competition and earn at least 28.0 point in the short program to qualify to go to the worlds. If she is 24th or better at the worlds, she'll earn a spot for herself for Sochi. If she places 10th or better, she'll earn 2 spots.

Hmmm.

So basically, she needs to pass at least 4 gates to go to Sochi.

[alexander]

Nadia, on 02 July 2012 - 09:54 PM, said:

-- Her plans for the season

She has to start over to go to Sochi. She has to compete in the Ranking Competition in October to earn a spot on the national squad. Then she has to go to the Nats in January (National Rep Selection Competition) and win in order to go to the Worlds. Furthermore, she must go to an ISU-sanctioned international competition and earn at least 28.0 point in the short program to qualify to go to the worlds. If she is 24th or better at the worlds, she'll earn a spot for herself for Sochi. If she places 10th or better, she'll earn 2 spots.

Its great that Yuna is being humble and accepting her position that she has to earn her spot on the national squad. At the same time, is there any doubt she will win nationals? I guess anything can happen, but seriously, we are talking about the world record holder here. I hope she does well and finishes first, but I think this will be a "relatively" easy task.

[Nadia]

alexander, on 02 July 2012 - 11:35 PM, said:

Its great that Yuna is being humble and accepting her position that she has to earn her spot on the national squad. At the same time, is there any doubt she will win nationals? I guess anything can happen, but seriously, we are talking about the world record holder here. I hope she does well and finishes first, but I think this will be a "relatively" easy task.

It should be, but I don't like it that she's forced to compete at the crappy venue for what is basically a novice-ishy/juniorish competition. OTOH, she really has no choice unless the KSU makes an exception, and I don't think she wants them to do that, for the sake of fairness and so on.

[NewYunaFan]

Nadia, on 02 July 2012 - 09:54 PM, said:

another super quick translation
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-- Her plans for the season

She has to start over to go to Sochi. She has to compete in the Ranking Competition in October to earn a spot on the national squad. Then she has to go to the Nats in January (National Rep Selection Competition) and win in order to go to the Worlds. Furthermore, she must go to an ISU-sanctioned international competition and earn at least 28.0 point in the short program to qualify to go to the worlds. If she is 24th or better at the worlds, she'll earn a spot for herself for Sochi. If she places 10th or better, she'll earn 2 spots.

Minimum 28 points for the SP?

The ranking competition is on October? She'll skate that soon? Yay! Although given the short timeframe, we won't likely see her in top form or with a new program. Maybe she'll skate Arirang again!

[alexander]

Nadia, on 02 July 2012 - 11:50 PM, said:

It should be, but I don't like it that she's forced to compete at the crappy venue for what is basically a novice-ishy/juniorish competition. OTOH, she really has no choice unless the KSU makes an exception, and I don't think she wants them to do that, for the sake of fairness and so on.

Certainly Professor Hwang doesn't want an exception to policy (LOL).

[Hoshi]

Someone from FSU suggested Igor Shipilband, of course he/she was joking

[Nadia]

NewYunaFan, on 02 July 2012 - 11:51 PM, said:

Minimum 28 points for the SP?

The ranking competition is on October? She'll skate that soon? Yay! Although given the short timeframe, we won't likely see her in top form or with a new program. Maybe she'll skate Arirang again!

I know, right? I hope it was a typo in the article b/c 28 is bloody low. (Or maybe it's 28 for TES, who knows)

It's late October, so almost November, I think. So she has very little time to prep. I imagine SBS or somebody will broadcast it live b/c everyone's dying to see Yuna skate again.

[Empress of ice]

She said that she will train in Korea so I figure out that her coach will be Korean
It takes lot of energy time money for a us or Canadian coach to go abroad + they don't have only one student..
I don't hope she'll get back another gold medal
I want her to be happy with the performance she delivers as a final stage in olympics
like everybody knows the color of medal doesn't matter for her

[Hoshi]

^^ I can see that. Yuna said that her motivation came from watching young skaters work ###### hard and that she "has got some business left to take care of" for them. Of course she also stressed that motivation also came from possible regrets she might have years later when she would have gave into pressure over her heart.

[Nadia]

Also read that skaters get 10% bonus on jumps performed during the latter half of SP. I'm not sure exactly when this goes into effect, but this may change SP layout for many skaters, including Yuna.