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South Korea’s Young You wins Gold in Women’s Single Skating at Lausanne 2020 and eyes Beijing 2022

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    • Title South Korea’s Young You wins Gold in Women’s Single Skating at Lausanne 2020 and eyes Beijing 2022
    • Publication Date 13th January 2020
    • Languages EN
    • Location Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Press Release https://www.olympic.org/news/you-holds-nerve-to-win-republic-of-korea-s-first-gold-at-lausanne-2020
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      The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. South Korea’s Young You cited winning an Olympic gold medal as a lifetime ambition. She started this journey with a gold at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020. “Because it’s the Youth Olympics, so it’s a very good chance for me to perform here before the Beijing 2022 Olympics, a good chance to show my programme here. It’s very good for me to learn something on the Olympics too, so I hope I can be better in the next few years,” she said.   The 17-year old from Seoul, who has already won a national championship and currently lives in the United States, lists ‘Frozen’ as her favourite movie but opted to perform to the to the soundtrack of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s musical, ‘Evita’,  During the course of her routine, a triple lutz, followed by a single Euler and a Triple Salchow was among the moves she executed, along with a step sequence and a change foot combination spin. You ended on a fly camel spin to the enthusiastic applause of a packed crowd. Russia’s Ksenila Sinitsyna won silver with her compatriot Anna Frolova winning bronze.

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      South Korea’s Young You wins Gold in Women’s Single Skating at Lausanne 2020 and eyes Beijing 2022 (video)

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      Story Script & Shotlist (document)

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