{"id":5221,"date":"2010-01-13T03:01:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-01-13T04:01:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T04:01:54","slug":"Michelle-Kwan-on-South-Korea-s-Kim-Yu-Na","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=5221","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Kwan on South Korea&#8217;s Kim Yu-Na"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>South Korean Kim Yu-Na<\/b> will come into the Vancouver Olympics as the heavy favorite after going unbeaten in the Grand Prix season. <b>Kim is the first one to come out of South Korea at this level<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p><b>Kim Yu-Na<\/b> will have to watch <b>Japan&#8217;s Mao Asada<\/b>. Asada took the crown in 2008. 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Look for Sasha Cohen, Alissa Czisny, Mirai Nagasu, the 2008 national champion, and Caroline Zhang to compete for one of those two slots.<\/p>\n<p>In the video below, Michelle talks about the talent of <b>Kim Yu-Na<\/b> and what it will take for America to get back on top in the world of figure skating.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5dFNkaoLsxc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5dFNkaoLsxc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eMBXA-0Y20s&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" 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