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| Articles: <b>Yuna</b> Kim Skates Off With the Golden Crown — By Rob <b>...</b> Posted: 18 Mar 2013 05:00 PM PDT  Susan D. Russell Yuna Kim They saved the best for last at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships and no one was disappointed. In the end, three former World champions stood atop the podium. As cliche as it sounds, Yuna Kim's majestic return to top form — and, not coincidentally, the top step of the ladies' podium — made it a pretty easy thought for one and all who witnessed the best skate of the entire Championships. "Queen" Yuna was royally good in her return to Worlds after a 20-month absence, claiming her second global crown in decisive fashion with a free skate score (148.34) which was just shy of the World record she set in winning the 2010 Winter Olympics. But this was a different Yuna, skating free of the crushing pressure that always accompanied her on the road to Olympic glory. She will tell you now that lifting that weight off her delicate shoulders allowed her to skate more freely in London last week — and regain the throne she first occupied in 2009. "Before the Olympics, I was very focused on the results," said the graceful Korean. "After the Olympics, although the training itself was very similar, I didn't feel the pressure as much. I was able to enjoy this win." Though she knew full well that she had delivered a command performance, she admitted surprise at the whopping score she earned. "I did my best, so I knew my score was going to be good, but I didn't think it was going to be that high," said the 22-year-old, whose winning margin was a massive 20.42 points. "I wasn't quite able to cry ... but because I delivered a clean long program, I was very happy." Kim admitted that this might be her last Worlds appearance and said she will appreciate what she achieved in London. "I am happy I delivered both short and long clean programs. This Championship could be my last one and I won, so I'm very happy." She will compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, where she could match the back-to-back ladies' Olympic golds produced by the great Katarina Witt in 1984 and 1988. But it will not be her sole focus. "The next Olympics, I will do my best but I will not focus on good scores because if I do that, I will not deliver the good skate," she said. ***** "I remember when I was growing up, it would happen, but I don't think I'm still growing," said Kostner with her ever-present smile. "I hope it was just a one-time thing." Look closely, and you'd have noticed Kostner holding her nose during a spin — "it was running like a river," she said — trying to stem the flow of the blood that spattered the Budweiser Gardens ice. "Then I said if you want to finish, you have to let go," she said. "I tried to forget about it as much as I could." Somehow, Kostner produced her typically elegant performance and was justly rewarded with a silver medal. "When I came here, I didn't know what to expect," said the 26-year-old Italian. "But now that I can go home with a medal, it's such a great feeling." ***** The 2010 World champion from Japan — who is a huge skating star not only in her homeland but around the globe — wondered if she was doomed to finish off the podium again. But after a slow start in her free skate Saturday night, Asada rallied heroically to earn the bronze medal. The result left her beaming with pride afterward. "I said to myself, 'once again, I'm in sixth, what have I been doing all this time,'" Asada said in reference to her standing after the short. "But after the two-season hiatus, I was able to make it back on the podium. So for that, I am very happy." ***** But the feisty 17-year-old went out and did her best and wound up eighth. She admitted to a fleeting thought about winning a medal. "There was a little vague thing going on in the back of my head ... maybe it's going to happen," she said. "But I kind of put that out of my head pretty fast. I said my goal was top 10, I'm going to keep it that way ... to find out that I made top 10 is unbelievable." |
| Owl City And <b>Yuna's</b> “Shine Your Way” From 'The Croods': Idolator <b>...</b> Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:29 AM PST Owl City and Yuna are feeling particularly bright and sunny on "Shine Your Way," their soundtrack offering for The Croods, which somehow manages to sound more upbeat than OC's hit Carly Rae Jepson collaboraton "Good Time." Adam Young produced the song with film composer Alan Silvestri and songwriter Glen Ballard (Michael Jackson, Alanis Morissette, No Doubt). Synthy strings open "Shine Your Way" before a dance beat kicks in and Young and Yuna sing, "Open road but it's sitll dark, build a fire from a spark, shine, shine your way." All the right elements, both natural and musical, are present for this one to become a radio staple this spring — and for Malaysian songstress Yuna to finally break out in a big way. Owl City & Yuna — "Shine Your Way" "Shine Your Way" marks the third time Young has contributed a film to a movie soundtrack, following 2010′s "To The Sky" from Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole and 2012′s "When Can I See You Again?" from Wreck-It Ralph. (Additionally, his song "Shooting Star" is currently being featured in Escape From Planet Earth.) The Dreamworks/20th Century Fox animated film The Croods, which features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone and tells the story of fire being discovered in prehistoric times, opens March 22. The Relativity Music Group soundtrack featuring "Shine Your Way" will be released on March 19 (pre-order here). What do you think of Owl City and Yuna's "Shine Your Way"? Let us know below, or by hitting us up on Facebook and Twitter! |
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