среда, 7 марта 2012 г.

All Hail the Queen: SKorea celebrates Kim gold

For five minutes, all of South Korea held its breath _ and then broke out into a deafening stampede of cheers as their Queen Yu-na made figure skating history.

The entire nation watched from offices, subway trains and packed restaurants Friday as Kim Yu-na added "Olympic champion" to her list of titles with a flawless, joyful free skate in Vancouver.

"Yes, you could say that some people are obsessed with Kim Yu-na, but we're like that as a country," said Yoo Sul-gi, 28, an intern watching the competition at a Seoul restaurant. "When we Koreans like someone, we really like them."

And as tears of relief flowed down …

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