The Manila Times

Korean ice skaters wow Pinoys with prowess on ice

- JOSEF T. RAMOS

SOCHI Winter Olympian Kim Hae Jin and three other Korean internatio­nal ice skaters and lesson to Filipino students at the ice skating rink in Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Tuesday.

Kim, the three-time South Korean national by how the Filipinos enjoyed the sport of ice skating despite the Philippine­s being a tropical country.

and they are enjoying ice skating. I’m so happy teaching them,” Kim told reporters through an interprete­r during the news conference. “I really want to see them compete on a high level because they have the skills and they love it (ice skating).

Besides Kim, the other Korean ice skaters who conducted the one-day figure skating workshop were Torino Winter Universiad­e - pionship University Group 2nd rank Choi Whi

“We can’t be perfect. But we have to be the 20-year-old Kim. “I don’t want to embarrass myself during competitio­n that’s why I practice very hard.”

South Korea will host the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchan­g.

The event was organized by the Korea Tourism Organizati­on and was hosted by Sandara Park’s younger brother Cheondung also known as “Thunder.”

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