고국 대한민국의 딸 김유나 선수의 스케이팅 묘기를 여러번 화면을 통해서 보곤 했었다. World Champion에 등극하고, 점수 또한 매번 신기록을 세웠다는, 그래서 세계의 유수한 언론으로 부터 '은반의 요정'이라는 애칭을 받곤 했던, 그녀가 자랑스러웠었지만, 나는 개인적으로 약간의 걱정을 올림픽을 임해서, 했었다. 왜냐면, 피겨스케이팅은 언제고 실수를 할 확율이 높기에, 예측은 할수 있겠지만, 마치 올림픽에서 금매달은 따 놓은것 처럼 앞질러 김치국부터 마시는것 처럼 대서 특필해대는 고국의 언론이 나를 그렇게 걱정(?)하게 만들었기 때문이었었다.
사실은 그래서 생중계도 일부터 보지 않고, 결과가 난후 웹에 들어가 동영상을, Short Program의 결과를 알았기에 편한 마음으로 보면서 그녀의 묘기에 깊이 빠져 들었었다. 고국의 3대 일간지의 기사를 보면, 때로는 기사 내용이 객관적이 아니라 경쟁자는 거의 무시해버리고, 우리측 선수들만의 장기를 늘어놓아 마치 Medal이나 Championship은 다 따놓은것 처럼 보도하여, 며칠후 결과를 볼때는 완전히 그예측이 빗나가기 일수인 경우를 많이 보아, 고국언론의 공정성과 예측 보도에 혹시 문제점이 있지 않나를 늘 생각해 왔었기 때문이기도 하다. 특히 PGA 챔피언쉽과, LPGA Championship에서 첫날 경기 결과를 놓고, 우승이 눈앞에 있다는식의 보도에서 그런 냄새를 많이 느꼈었다. 이번 피겨 스케이팅의 앞선 보도에서도, 그래서 나는 걱정을 했었던 것이다. 이제 시작이지만, 첫 경기에서 신비에 달할 정도로 훌륭한 연기를 보여주어 경기사상 최고 점수를 획득 했다니.... 마음이 일부 놓이기는 하나, 아직도 완전히 끝날 때까지는 속단은 금물이라고 믿고 싶다.
또하나 상대방도 좀 칭찬해 줄수 있는 아량을 고국의 언론에서는 전연 볼수가 없어 안타까웠다. 캐나다의 Joannie선수는 그녀의 엄마가 지난 일요일 갑자기 심장마비로 세상을 떠나는 소식을 접하는 충격속에서도 의연히 출전하여 좋은 연기를 보여준 그녀에 대해 깊은 애도의 뜻과 격려를 해주는 아량을,내가 읽어본 LA Times와 CNN에서는 볼수 있었으나, 고국의 중앙일보에서는 전연 없었다.
CNN기사는 2등을 한 Mao Asada의 연기에 극찬을 아끼지 않는 자세한 내용도 먼저 보도한후, 그다음에 대한의 딸 김유나의 묘기를 보도하면서, 한차원 높은 연기에, 관중들뿐만이 아니고 심판관들마져도 놀란 기색이 연연 했다고 극찬의 기사를 썼다. 왜 고국의 언론은 그런 객관적인 배려가 없을까? 미쳐 그내용을 파악 못해서 였을까? 아니면 나하고는 상관 없는 일로 치부해서 였을까?
그점이 고국의 언론 보도 태도에 무척 아쉬움이 있게 만든다.
이경기후에 보도된, LA Times와 CNN, 그리고 고국의 중앙일보 기사를 옮겨 놓았다.
특히 CNN의 기사는, 그녀를 한국의 딸 김유나의 Short Program 묘기에 전세계가 극찬하고 있다는 내용으로 장문의 기사를 썼으며
캐나다의 Rochette 선수에 대해서는, 지난 일요일 엄마가 심장마비로 세상을 떠났음에도 좌절하지않고, 출전하여, 훌륭한 묘기를 보여 3등으로 입상한 그녀의 강인함을 높이 평가 하면서 깊은 애도의 뜻을 나타 내기도 했다.
한국의 김유나선수 Short Program에서 1등으로 등극 - LA Times
한국의 김유나 선수가 화요일 뱅쿠버 올림픽 여자 피겨 스케이팅 Short Program에서 선두로 달렸다. James Bond 매들리에 맟추어 춤추듯 스케이트 연기를 보여준 그녀의 점수는 78.50 이었다.
라인벌 Mao Asada는 73.78로 2위를 했으며 그녀는 "Waltz Masquerade"에 맞추어 묘기를 연기 했었다.
캐나다의 Joannie Rochette는, 그녀의 엄마가 심장마비로 지난 일요일 갑자기 사망한 충격속에서도, "La Cumparsit"에 맞추어 묘기를 연출해내, 관중들로 부터 오랫동안 기립박수를 받았었다. 그녀는 71.36을 기록하여 3위에 머물렀다.
일본의 Miki Ando는 모잘트의 "Requiem" 에 맞추어 열연했으며 64.76으로 4위에 머물렀다.
미국의 Rachael Flatt은 "Sing Sing Sing"멜로디에 맞추어 연기한후 64.64를 획득, 5위에 그쳤다.
Kim Yuna of South Korea leads after women's figure skating short program
February 23, 2010 | 9:01 pm
Kim Yuna of South Korea leads after the short program of the women's figure skating event on Tuesday at the Vancouver Olympics. Yuna, who skated to a James Bond medley, scored 78.50 points.
Mao Asada of Japan is in second place with 73.78 points after she skated to the "Waltz Masquerade" by Aram Khatchaturian.
Canada's Joannie Rochette, whose mother passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack on Sunday, received a lengthy standing ovation after she finished. She skated to "La Cumparsita" and received 71.36 points, putting her in third place.
Miki Ando of Japan skated to "Requiem" by Mozart and finished with 64.76 points, good for fourth place.
Rachael Flatt of the U.S., skating to "Sing Sing Sing," is in fifth place with 64.64 points
Mirai Nagasu of the U.S., skating to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" soundtrack, is in sixth place with 63.76 points. Her nose started bleeding midway through her performance.
“Halfway there I felt stuff running down my nose and thinking ‘don’t think about it just keep going.’ My performance tonight wasn’t as good as nationals, I’m a little disappointed but I think the next Olympics I’ll know how to feel.”
Kim, Rochette made this short program unforgettable (CNN)
이기사 맨 마지막에 '목요일에 있을 남은 경기에서도 나는 오늘과 똑 같은 결과가 나올것으로 믿는다"라고 맨트한
기자의 예측이 현실로 나타나기를 간절한 마음으로 기다린다.
The quality of the skating by Kim Yu-na and Mao Asada lived up to the billing
Under pressure from her country and her competition, Yu-na delivered
Canada's courageous Joannie Rochette gave a heartrending performance
Reigning world champion Kim Yu-na delivered a record-setting short program to surpass Mao Asada of Japan.
Bob Martin/SI
Vancouver 2010
Day 12 Coverage
The battle belonged to Korea's exquisite Kim Yu-na and Japan's sensational Mao Asada, who are the two best women skaters of their time. But the night belonged to Canada's courageous and heartrending Joannie Rochette, who was competing just two days after her mother, Therese, died of an apparent heart attack early Sunday morning shortly after arriving in Vancouver to watch her daughter skate.
It was an unforgettable evening on several levels. The quality of the skating by Kim and Asada, whose rivalry lived up to its billing, was, honestly, without precedent. Adding to the drama, they took the ice back to back. First it was Asada, the 2008 World Champion, landing her huge triple axel-double toe combination with ease - the first triple axel by a woman in the Olympics since Japan's Midori Ito in 1992. And she brought more than her jumping to these Games. On a night when the judges were very conservative in awarding positive Grade Of Execution (GOE) points, Asada's spiral sequence was given a +2.00. She made no mistakes, and her artistry was masterful - her program component scores ranged from 7.40 to 8.40. Pumping her fist after her final spin, Asada burst into a huge smile, as if to say: Beat that, Yu-na! - as the Pacific Coliseum was suddenly aflutter in Japanese flags. Asada's total was 73.78, the second highest mark for a short program this year.
Of course the highest mark was given to the next skater, Kim, the 2009 World Champion and a woman who had steamrolled the field this year in the Grand Prix series, winning every time she took the ice. The pressure on her was extraordinary - all of Korea expected her to win, and especially expected her to beat the Japanese women, because of cultural animosity between those two countries. Kim's short program, to a medley of James Bond themes, had been received all season as one of the great shorts ever, filled with flirtation, spunk, speed, and technical difficulty. Her triple lutz-triple toe combination to open her program actually had a higher base value than Asada's less common triple axel-double toe.
But Kim was equal to the pressure. She was absolutely breathtaking, both in her technique and in her artistry. Every single element she performed received a positive GOE, and two - her spiral sequence and her triple-triple - were given +2.00. Her artistic marks ranged between 7.90 and 8.75 - they were the highest of the night - and the whimsical shot from her pistol at the end of the program was aimed right toward the judges' hearts. Bulls-eye. Her score: a monstrous 78.50 - a world record for a short program. "I wasn't as nervous as I thought I'd be," she said later. "I was aware that Mao had skated a good program -- it was hard not to be aware of it. But I do have a lot of experience and I was able to do what I came here to do."
But Rochette was still to come, the first skater of the final group, and everyone in the building - indeed, everyone in Canada and every skating fan the world over - was pulling for her to do well. The six-time Canadian champion had basically cocooned herself among family and close friends since her mother's sudden death, training as usual but giving no interviews and making no statements to illuminate the public as to her frame of mind. It seemed unreasonable to expect her to be able to channel her grief into a great skate, especially since this season she had struggled with inconsistency, so the 11,700 spectators gave her a deafening ovation when her name was announced, as individual voices called out "We love you Joannie!" and the like. As Rochette struck her pose at the center of the ice, waiting for her music to start, her face looked composed and free of tension. Silence, finally, descended on the crowd. She'd have had their hearts if she'd never moved an inch.
But she did move, as surely and confidently as if it were just another day at the rink. All those years of training and muscle memory - Rochette is 24, and she'd finished 5th at the 2006 Olympics - took over, and she landed her opening triple lutz, double toe without a hitch. Then she nailed a triple flip, receiving all positive marks for her GOE. Then a flying sit spin, a double axel, a spiral sequence ... check ... check ... check. With each successful element -- Rochette received no deductions or negative grades from the judges - the excitement in the building rose. The music, La Cumparsita, probably the most recognizable tango song in the world, was light, bouncy, gay - the furthest possible mood from how she surely was feeling. Yet she stayed in the role, right up through the final combination spin, which ended with another pose and a smile ... a smile she held for perhaps two seconds before, as the crowd rose and burst into mad, loving applause, the tension finally appeared on her face and she dissolved into tears. But even that was a brief blip in her composure, for it was just a few moments later that she was taking her bows at center ice, waving at the still roaring crowd, fighting back, successfully, the sobs that were doubtless trying to break through her smile.
When her scores came up -- 71.36, just 2.42 behind Asada, and a whopping 6.60 ahead of the fourth place skater, Miki Ando of Japan -- Rochette found herself firmly in third. The crowd never stopped clapping, and she put her hand over her heart and waved a thank you before she left. "It was hard to be precise. Ten years from now, I'd like to come back and do this again," Rochette said afterward, declining to attend the press conference for the top three women. "It was hard to handle, but I appreciate the support." How was she holding up? someone asked. "Words cannot describe," she said.
All in all, it was just about everything one could ask for from a night of figure skating. Of course the free skate's still to come, placements might change (the U.S. women, Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu, both skated clean programs, and stand 5th and 6th, respectively). But you wouldn't have gotten too many arguments from people who were there if they'd handed out the medals on the basis of the short program alone. Gold to Kim Yu-na of Korea. Silver to Mao Asada of Japan. A Bronze for the ages to Joannie Rochette of Canada.
On Thursday my prediction is it will happen that way.
[올림픽] 외교전문지도 `골든걸` 김연아 조명 [연합]
2010.02.24 15:17 입력 / 2010.02.24 16:51 수정
김연아, `금빛 느낌이 왔다!
미국 외교전문지 포린폴리시(FP)는 '피겨 퀸' 김연아가 2010 밴쿠버 동계올림픽 피겨 여자 쇼트 프로그램에 출전한 23일(현지 시간) 인터넷판에서 김연아를 집중 조명하는 내용을 담은 미국 거주 한인 프리랜서 저널리스트 김기범 씨의 기사를 게재했다.
포린폴리시는 이날 '코리아의 골든 걸'(KOREA'S GOLDEN GIRL)이라는 제하의 기사에서 여자 피겨 세계 랭킹 1위인 김연아가 조국인 한국의 자존심과 희망으로 부상했으며 한국에선 '국민 여동생'으로 대접받고 있다고 소개했다.
김연아가 피겨 세계무대를 지배하고 있는 것은 한국이 현재 글로벌 시장에서 경제적ㆍ문화적 파워 국가로 부상한 것과 똑같은 의미로 받아들여지고 있다고 이 잡지는 평가했다.
FP는 특히 여자 피겨 스케이트 부문이 과거 '금발의 백인' 소녀들이 세계를 주름잡는 스포츠로 받아들여져 왔으나 김연아는 '불가능해 보였던' 스포츠 영역에서도 세계 최고의 자리에 오를 수 있음을 보여주고 있다고 말했다.
김연아의 브라이언 오서 코치는 김연아의 대중적 인기도를 영국의 다이애나 황태자비에 비유했다. 포린폴리시는 그러나 "실제론 김연아의 인기가 더 높을지도 모른다"며 "김연아의 별명 중 하나가 '퀸 연아'(QUEEN YU-NA)이기 때문"이라고 말했다.
포린폴리시는 "김연아가 올림픽 금메달을 목에 건다면 한국내 반응은 가히 '화산 폭발'이 될 것"이라고 전망했다. (연합뉴스)
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