Friday, January 20, 2012

Kim Yu-na to Carry Torch at Winter Youth Olympics

amount skating star Kim Yu-na was as a result of leave Korea on Tuesday for Austria to go to the inaugural Winter youth Olympics in Innsbruck. Named a goodwill ambassador for any event by the intercontinental Olympic Committee last march, she will attend that opening ceremony at Bergisel Stadium in the Alpine city on sunday (KST).

She will also participate in the final stage from the Olympic torch relay and serve being a role model for accomplished young athletes from around the world through a series of personal meetings with them.

Through her management organization All That Sports, Kim reported, "I'm thrilled and excited about involved in the opening ceremony of the very first Winter Youth Games. I hope young athletes with various experiences they could get from this event. by sharing my Olympic encounters, I hope I might help nurture their growth seeing that athletes".

The Games will take place from Friday to be able to Jan. 22, featuring you, 059 youth athletes good old 15 to 18 by 67 countries. Kim plans to go back to Korea next wednesday.

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