Two-time world figure skating champion Kim Yu-na on Monday announced her new programs for the upcoming season.
Through her Seoul-based agency, All That Sports, Kim said she will perform her short program to “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad composed by Stephen Sondehim for the 1973 musical, “A Little Night Music.” Her free skate will be choreographed to the tune of “Adios Nonino,” written by Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla in 1959.
Kim is slated to compete in two Grand Prix events hosted by the International Skating Union in October and November, and she will try to defend her Olympic gold medal at the Sochi Winter Games in February next year.
Kim, who sat out the entire 2011-2012 season while mulling over her future, has already said the 2013-2014 season will be her last.
Kim competed in minor events in late 2012 to earn enough technical points to qualify for the 2013 world championships, and then grabbed her second world title in March this year in Canada.
She said she’d long wanted to perform to “Send in the Clowns” since she first listened to the piece. “Adios Nonino” is a tango piece that Kim said is “an exact opposite” to her short program music, and she also called it “one of my favorite songs.”
“For my last competitive season, I am pleased to have selected songs that I’ve always wanted to use in my programs,” she said. “I think my free skate will probably be the most difficult program I’ve ever done, but I am satisfied with the choice.” (Yonhap News)