Meet The Future Olympic Figure Skating Champion: A Korean Girl Breaking Yuna Kim’s Records

Meet 13-year-old You Young, the South Korean national figure skating champion who is getting ready to compete in the next Winter Olympics in 2022.

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The Korean-Singaporean started skating when she was six after she was inspired watching Kim Yuna win gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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In 2016, she broke Kim Yuna’s record by becoming the youngest person to win the national championships, achieving the milestone almost a year earlier than her idol.

She’s still too young to compete at the Olympics this year but was excited to serve as the first torchbearer for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

You Young loves Kpop and practices to her favorite songs all the time, like Sunmi‘s “Heroine”, G-Dragon’s “Who You”, and of course her favorite group, BTS!

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CL even gave You Young a shout out on Instagram when she saw a video of her skating and dancing to 2Ne1‘s “I Am The Best!”

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Everyone can’t wait to see her compete in four years!