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<b>Yuna</b> Kim's Last Dream | Teacher Woo Myung Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:24 PM PDT Yuna Kim has been galloping toward her dream since she started figure skating in 1996 at the age of 7. She joined the 2010 Vancouver Olympics game, and won a gold medal. She went through hard training since she was young and gave up the good times she could have enjoyed with her friends. Her family sacrificed and devoted their life for her. She overcame the expectation of others as well as the pressure involved. She had only been running forward with the goal of the Olympic gold medal for the majority of her life and her dream came true. At one of her interviews, she confessed that she could hardly find a worthy goal as a figure skater after having achieved her life goal. However, not only for herself but for her country, Korea, For young figure skaters who set her as their role model and follow her path… Yuna Kim made an official announcement that she would enter competition again in order to give the opportunities for young kids to be inspired to go into the ice rink, which had also been her dream. She began hard training, which was a seven-hour practice every day to participate in competition. She also declared her return to the Olympics games. While the training has been so tough that she didn't even want to think of it, along with the heart-pounding and all sorts of emotions she felt during competition, she set a new goal which she had announced to the world,the reason why she continued figure skating was not only for herself anymore. After the 2010 Olympics, Yuna Kim was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, as the youngest in world history. She has been given a new role for her life. She started to participate in a variety of charitable works, such as shooting a video clip for Haiti earthquake survivors, and campaigning for Sahel famine relief and Syria. Every year, she visits children without parents and children with incurable diseases and sends contributions to charities. Last March, she generously contributed the entire prize for the world championship, $45,000. She also intends to participate in the relief activities directly after retirement. "I want to use my own positive experience to help the children of Haiti and the millions of vulnerable children around the world," said Yuna Kim. "Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need." The very last gala program she presented was performed with John Lennon's song Imagine sung by Avril Lavigne. The theme of this last stage performance before her retirement of the 2014 Olympics was peace. "In this Gala program, 'Imagine', Iemphasized the meaning and message of this song rather than figure skating skills or performance elements of the ice show," said Yuna Kim. "I would like to share the meaning of this program with many people who wish for peace." Yuna Kim has found the real reason for figure skating. She looks more free and happy than her 2010 performance. The real peace that we truly want… The real world where everyone coexists rather than the world where they only care for themselves… We are dreaming for such a world, aren't we?
And it is already being actualized. Our real dream is coming true. |
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