Kim Yu-na carries the Olympic flame in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on Sunday. The Olympic flame is on a 106-day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver, British Columbia on Feb. 12, to mark the start of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. /AP-Yonhap

Figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has just nine weeks until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. The Games kick off on Feb. 12, but the ladies' single competition in figure skating begins on Feb. 23.

Kim has been resting up at her training camp in Toronto since winning the 2009 International Skating Union Grand Prix Final in Tokyo early this month, but she plans to return to serious preparation for the Olympics from Monday.  

On Saturday she talked with journalists from over 20 global news outlets and offered them a glimpse of a training session. Right now she is focusing on complete run-throughs of her skating programs rather than practicing individual elements, she said.

She also plans to work on building up her physical strength. After setting a new women's record score in the season's first Grand Prix event in October by hitting the 210-plus mark, her scores slipped to the 180-range in the fifth event in Lake Placid, New York, and the final in Tokyo. She also slowed down during the final because her stamina was running out.

"I'm not thinking about the Olympic gold medal right now, and I don't feel pressure to win it," Kim said. "I've watched the Olympics since I was a kid, and I know that surprises can happen. I don't know what the outcome will be, but I'm ready to accept it."

Meanwhile Kim is working on a new gala program to "Meditation from Thais" by Jules Massenet which she plans to debut at the Olympics or at her own ice show. She has also decided to compete in the World Championship in Turin, Italy next March regardless of the results at the Olympics.

On Sunday Kim ran with the Olympic torch for 300 meters in Hamilton, Ontario, in her second torch run since the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.