My cousin just competed in the Ontario winter olympics for figure skating. She got a gold medal. And now she is ranked 10th in Canada, number 1 in ontario. Good for her! Mind you, she's still pre-novice, which is a long way to go, but she loves it and honestly, she has a talent for it.
We got onto the topic of Kim Yuna.
She did her first triple axle at age 11.
Some girls never get enough power to do a triple in their lifetimes.
Its' the equivalent of a guy doing a quad.
Mind you I don't think she does it in competition but still... 11!
For those who have been clearly out of the loop, Kim Yuna killed her own world record for scores at the Van2010 olympics, winning the gold medal hands down.
People say she should retire.
Why? Because she's top. It's undeniable that she's the best out there and people say that's good enough. She has enough money to support herself for the rest of her life and she could probably do easy gigs here and there.
But really? She's so young. She's 1990.. i'm 1989.. Freak man. If my career was over at 20, I don't know what i'd do with myself. Wouldn't I want to keep challenging myself? Go for a gold again! Or keep beating my old record. Try a quad. Add triples in competition... Would I be that scared of defeat that I would retire when i was at top?
We got onto the topic of Kim Yuna.
She did her first triple axle at age 11.
Some girls never get enough power to do a triple in their lifetimes.
Its' the equivalent of a guy doing a quad.
Mind you I don't think she does it in competition but still... 11!
For those who have been clearly out of the loop, Kim Yuna killed her own world record for scores at the Van2010 olympics, winning the gold medal hands down.
People say she should retire.
Why? Because she's top. It's undeniable that she's the best out there and people say that's good enough. She has enough money to support herself for the rest of her life and she could probably do easy gigs here and there.
But really? She's so young. She's 1990.. i'm 1989.. Freak man. If my career was over at 20, I don't know what i'd do with myself. Wouldn't I want to keep challenging myself? Go for a gold again! Or keep beating my old record. Try a quad. Add triples in competition... Would I be that scared of defeat that I would retire when i was at top?
