The Korean version of a book about figure-skating queen Kim Yu-na that chronicles her rise to the pinnacle of the sport is now available at bookstores in the country.
The translation is a product of two famous children's book authors. American Christine Dzidrums wrote the original text of "Yuna Kim: Ice Queen," and Korea's Roh Kyung-sil broadened the book's access to Korea's non-English speakers. It is being distributed in Korea by Creative Media Publishing.
Dzidrums, who established her credentials in the realm of winter sports by writing a popular biography of Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, pieces together a gripping narrative in her latest opus. It begins with how Kim fell in love with figure skating when visiting an ice rink with her parents at the age of seven. After watching a performance by American star Michelle Kwan on TV, she then began cradling her dream of winning an Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Kim realized her ambition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver by seeing off Japanese rival Asada Mao to seize a gold medal despite harboring a number of injuries. As such, the biography focuses on the theme of overcoming adversity and never giving up on your dreams.
Link:http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/06/09/2011060900784.html
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