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You Young knows what it's like to win at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
The Republic of Korea figure skater was the gold medallist at the Lausanne 2020 Winter YOG during a season that catapulted the now-18-year-old into the spotlight.
With just a year to go until her home country

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Figure Skating - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - MK John Wilson Trophy - IceSheffield, Sheffield, Britain - November 12, 2022 South Korea's You Young in action during the women's short program REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

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When Youth Olympics Lausanne 2020 champion You Young gets stressed, the Korean finds solace in the cute puppy videos many of the rest of us watch online, too.
Or, she says, she'll turn on a BTS clip - the world famous K-Pop boy band - and try some of their

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 24:  Young You of Korea competes in the Womens Free Program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Skate America at Orleans Arena  on October 24, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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The year 2020 has been overshadowed by the global coronavirus pandemic, which took the lives of over a million people.
Sport was hit hard by the virus, with Tokyo 2020 delayed by a year, the first time the Olympic Games have been postponed in their history.
In spite of that,

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Kagiyama Yuma and You Young marked themselves out as skaters to follow at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Now they take on some of the best seniors on the planet, including Hanyu Yuzuru and Kihira Rika, in the Four Continents Championships in Seoul.

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YOG stars Kagiyama and Young bid for Four Continents medals

1\. You Young, figure skating sensation
Korean superstar figure skater You Young came to Lausanne carrying great expectations on her shoulders.
And didn't she deliver.
You won her first Korean national title at 11 years of age - one year younger than her idol Yuna Kim \- and at 15

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Youth Olympic Games champion You Young is well on her way to becoming a figure skating star. What does she like to do off the ice? We talked to her about some of her secrets.

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Another Gold Medal for Young You (KOR) in the Women's Single Free Programme. Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS) won silver and Anna Frolova (RUS) had to settle for bronze.

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Youth Olympic figure skating champion You Young is well on her way to becoming a global star but sleep comes first.

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Korea's four-time national figure skating champion You Young has won the women's title at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The 15-year-old is hoping to follow in Olympic champion Yuna Kim's footsteps. But she still feels timid in the presence of her idol, she reveals to us.

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Lausanne 2020 champion You Young still shy around her idol Yuna Kim

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Each edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games has produced astonishing individual performances that will live long in the memory.
From River Radamus to Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu, many of the outstanding athletes have even gone on to become world and Olympic Champions.
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Less than two years after claiming Olympic bronze at Beijing 2022, Sakamoto Kaori is set for a return to the Capital Indoor Stadium.
Sakamoto secured said return for next month's Grand Prix Final on Saturday (18 November) with a win at Grand Prix Espoo in Finland, completing a season sweep

ESPOO, FINLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating at Metro Arena in Espoo on November 18, 2023 in Espoo, Finland. (Photo by Jurij Kodrun - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)

Sakamoto Kaori claimed her fifth career Grand Prix title

Sakamoto Kaori completes Grand Prix sweep with title in Espoo, securing GP Final spot 

Two-time and reigning world figure skating champion Sakamoto Kaori leads after the women's short program at Grand Prix Espoo \- but just barely.
Sakamoto doubled her planned triple flip in her jumping combination in the short on Friday (17 November), giving her just a 1.04-point lead over Japanese compatriot Sumiyoshi

ESPOO, FINLAND: Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating at Metro Arena in Espoo on November 17, 2023 in Espoo, Finland. (Photo by Jurij Kodrun - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)

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Sakamoto Kaori overcomes error for slim lead at Grand Prix Espoo, Sumiyoshi Rion second

Reigning Olympic bronze medallist and two-time world figure skating champion Sakamoto Kaori eyes a return to the site of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 this week at Grand Prix Espoo in Finland.
Sakamoto will look to go two-from-two in her ISU Grand Prix Series assignments this season after emphatically

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA: Kaori Sakamoto of Japan poses with the gold medal and flag after the Women Free Skating during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Skate Canada International at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on October 28, 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Harry How - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)

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2023 Grand Prix Espoo preview: World champions Sakamoto Kaori, Chock/Bates eye GP season sweep in Finland

All eyes are on a pair of American teenagers to kick off figure skating’s Grand Prix Series this weekend (20-22 October) in Allen, Texas.
The Dallas suburb is host to Skate America, the first of six Grand Prix stops in the Series, which will culminate with December’s Grand Prix Final

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 27: Isabeau Levito reacts following her skate during the Championship Women's Free Skate on day two of the 2023 TOYOTA U.S. Figure Skating Championships at SAP Center on January 27, 2023 in San Jose, California.

Reigning US champion Isabeau Levito looks to improve from her second-place finish at the 2022 Skate America

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Reigning world silver medallists Cha Junhwan and Lee Haein of the Republic of Korea will look to jumpstart their respective 2023-24 seasons this weekend (28-30 September) at the Nepela Memorial 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Cha, 21, and Lee, 18, both surprised for their respective runners-up finishes at the World Figure

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - MARCH 26: Haein Lee of Korea performs in Ladies Free Skating during day three of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Ericsson Globe on March 26, 2021 in Stockholm, Sweden. Sporting stadiums around Sweden remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Linnea Rheborg/Getty Images)

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Even at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), there are starlets who stand out among their older peers.
Take, for example, freestyle skiing prodigy from the People’s Republic of China Ailing Eileen Gu who, aged 16, won two gold medals at Lausanne 2020 before going on to star at the

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 13:  Gold medalist Young You of Korea celebrates during the mascot ceremony following the Women Single Skating Free Skating in Figure Skating during day 4 of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics at Lausanne Skating Arena on January 13, 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland.  (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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Mihara Mai couldn't contain herself.
Skating last as the short program leader at the MK John Wilson Trophy figure skating event in Sheffield, Great Britain, on Sunday (13 November), the 23-year-old turned in one of the performances of her career, registering a near-personal best score (145.20) and securing her first-ever

KADOMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 23: Mai Mihara performs her routine in the ladies free skating during day three of the 87th Japan Figure Skating Championships at Towa Yakuhin RACTAB Dome on December 23, 2018 in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

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Japan's Mihara Mai captures first Grand Prix title at 23, fending off American teen Isabeau Levito at British GP

In the 10th Grand Prix event of her career, Japan's Mihara Mai is on the cusp of winning her first.
The reigning and two-time Four Continents champion, 23, skated into first place on Saturday (12 November) in Sheffield at the MK John Wilson Trophy, the first-ever figure skating Grand Prix

SAITAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 23: Mai Mihara of Japan competes in the Women's Short Program during day one of the 90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena on December 23, 2021 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

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Mihara Mai tops women's short program at British Grand Prix as Guignard/ Fabbri hold off home hopes in ice dance

After an impressive first Winter Olympic performance at the Beijing 2022 Games, Team Korea's Young felt lost. She stopped skating. Now, she's committed to working harder and wants to add a new winning jump to her routines. The Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) champion shares how Kim Yuna inspired her and many other Korean women, with seven skaters from the south of the island competing in the 2022 season. Watch for more of this exclusive interview.

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