Who is yuna kim coach

The surprise split between Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na and her coach Brian Orser has triggered emotional conflict between both sides.

Just five months ago, Kim and Orser were praising each other and calling themselves an excellent match. With the reasons for their separation still unknown, both sides are blaming each other on who initiated the breakup. On her personal homepage, she also denied that her mother was behind the split with Orser.

I, Brian Orser and everyone else involved in this matter know the truth. On their separation, she wrote, "I get to have the final say on whether to part with the coach. My mom and I discussed this and made our decision carefully. Who would discuss a breakup directly with the coach? Kim then blamed Orser for the separation, citing a problem related to his receiving an offer to coach another skater.

She said this was not the only reason but did not elaborate. This is strictly our issue. If the games were anywhere but South Korea, I would say that would be doubtful. But with the situation being what it is, I think we may not have seen the last of Yuna Kim in competition. The year-old Yamamoto, who was considered one of the favorites heading into the competition, was scheduled to depart Japan on Sunday.

Talented trio: Japan will send a formidable female lineup to the world juniors. Wakaba Higuchi, who took second at Japan senior nationals this season, heads up the team and will be joined by Marin Honda and Yuna Shiraiwa. Shiraiwa, who was second behind Higuchi at the Japan juniors, led after the short program at the Youth Olympic Games last month, but settled for fourth place after struggling in her free skate.

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right. With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.

Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. It was really that simple. I had to learn about the new judging system, and I remember being at the world championships in and seeing the score for her short program go up, and thinking, is that good?

And she was excited, so I just mimicked her. I just knew how to get her out there and how to help her skate well. But then I had to learn quickly. She worked for everything that she had to do.