SOUTH AFRICA: OLYMPICS: After delivering a composed presentation to IOC members in Durban Yuna Kim admits she was nervous but tells Reuters she feels she saved her best for last

Record ID: 453930

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: OLYMPICS: After delivering a composed presentation to IOC members in Durban Yuna Kim admits she was nervous but tells Reuters she feels she saved her best for last
  • Date: 7th July 2011
  • Summary: DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA (JULY 6, 2011) (REUTERS) MIXED ZONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION KIM YUNA SAYING: " Actually I was so nervous before my presentation but when I started speaking I felt a little better and I think that the presentation that I did my speech was the best including my practices and overall our Pyeongchang team did a great job and we are all satisfied with our job." MIXED ZONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION KIM YUNA SAYING: "I have been inspired by Michelle Kwan when I was younger I first watched her performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, I really loved her skating, even though she didn't win the gold and since that time I got a new dream about the Olympics and since that time I achieved my dream and sometimes I had a chance to skate with her now and I invited her in my show and it was another dream. I hope that young generations can be inspired." MIXED ZONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PYEONGCHANG 2018 BID CEO MR CHO YANG-HO SAYING: "I think that is her first presentation, she had a short piece of time for her practice on presentation she is a very gutfull (sic) person, she is a champion of figure skating and she did a fantastic job. I think that many IOC members will be impressed with her performance." MIXED ZONE
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa, South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVADMO98VAYALRO3PKNWUO90ZL48
  • Story Text: After delivering a composed and convincing presentation to IOC members in Durban on Wednesday (July 6) Olympic figure skating champion Yuna Kim told Reuters that she had been feeling very nervous before taking the podium
    "I was so nervous before my presentation but when I started speaking I felt a little better and I think that the presentation that I did my speech was the best including my practices and overall our Pyeongchang team did a great job and we are all satisfied with our job," Yuna Kim told Reuters, adding "I achieved my dream... I hope that young generations can be inspired."
    Rival bids from Germany's Munich and Annecy of France had aready made their presentations before the delegation from Pyeongchang took to the stage.
    This is Peyongchang's third consequtive bid to host the Winter Olympics having missed out in the past to bids from Russia's Sochi and Vancouver of Canada.
    When asked to describe the impact that Yuna Kim has had on Peyongchang's campaign this time round bid chief Mr Cho Yang-Ho told Reuters that her involvement had given the campaign added impetus.
    "She had a short piece of time for her practice on presentation she is a very gutfull person, she is a champion of figure skating and she did a fantastic job. I think that many IOC members will be impressed with her performance."
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