Olympics Women s Figure Skating

Olympics Women s Figure Skating
Seoul, South Korea
Tears wells up in Chang Sung Yoon eyes and an office television screen flashed the news: Olympic figure skater Kim Yu-na just set a record in scoring 78.50 in the short program in Vancouver on the Pacific Ocean.
Besides her husband, two young women wept openly and several youths broke into loud applause and cries of, "excellent, excellent, great, great."

For Koreans, was a moment of national pride total, from success, not only for Ms. Kim, but for a nation that likes nothing better than to revel in the victory, especially when victory over Japan. In this case, Kim defeated his rival, Mao Asada, the Japanese sense of who came in second place, 4.72 points behind her back.

"So it's very emotional," says Ms. Zhang, in an attempt to sort through a wave of emotion overcame her and her colleagues, and Kim's name was announced and took the ice to start a stunning performance. "It's a national thing. This was a beautiful sight to see."
In the early afternoon, Seoul stopped

The scene in Zhang's office the same thing everywhere, in school cafeterias, bars, restaurants and hotel lobbies and railway waiting rooms. Many of the workers and rushed back from lunch, to cut off trade talks, and the desire to make sure to catch Kim Yuna.

With seemingly effortless leap, twist, turn, inspired by Kim excited oohs and Abdul Hameed Shoman and spectators cheered and shouted encouragement from 8,000 miles away, and we anxiously await to see if they might falter or, God forbid, next autumn.

Fears of seeing an embarrassing stumble receded amid shouts of joy and Kim ran through a reference triangular Lutz, toe rings three times, three times the volatility, poor Axel jumps with the confidence that somehow escaped most of the 24 other skiers. However, a clear sense of relief swept the faces in a crowd of people such as James Bond theme music calmed down and Kim smiled, bowed, and skated back to the bench, pausing to safely scoop up a bouquet on the road.

Performance on Tuesday night - Wednesday here - it was just one law. Tension has been growing over the second quarter on Thursday - Friday here - when will have to show that they have the stamina to beat out Asada, the longest free-skating program. One group of spectators here Asada fear may be on the edge in that one and that Kim Yu-na will need all of the points she made in the short program to stay ahead in the race for Olympic gold medal.
G-20 can wait - Leona is skiing

Excitement over Yona, who allegedly picked up $ 8 million in endorsements in the world, and Grand Prix champion, was enough to stop even a high-level meetings of government, political rallies and speeches.

Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club, journalists pulled out of the luncheon as SaKong Il, former finance minister, was about to talk about the prospects for the summit of the Group of 20 scheduled to meet here in November.

Mr. SaKong himself seemed happy to put off talking long enough to join reporters in front of a television in the bar, Kim cheering like everyone else, while the second group of journalists crowded at the front of the other television in the secretariat of the club. Both groups broke into laughter and cheering to hear the news of her points before returning to the dining room to listen to SaKong speech.