Kim Yu-na Chooses Old Favorite for Ice Show to Get Back in Groove

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Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na will skate to the song "El Tango de Roxanne" at her upcoming ice show "Samsung All That Skate Summer 2012," which will be held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul from Aug. 24 to 26.

She used the same song for her short program for two seasons from 2005-2007, and said she handpicked it after being impressed by the movie "Moulin Rouge" while still in elementary school.

Kim said she learned how to express greater depths of emotions to the song's tango rhythms and melodies. At the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo, she set the highest score ever for a short program at the time under the new ISU judging system with 71.95 points.

"I chose to skate to this program to reinvigorate myself and get back my determination as I've decided to compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics," Kim said.

At the ice show in August, she will showcase "El Tango de Roxanne" and "All of Me" by Michael Bublé, which she unveiled in May. She will also perform with four male skaters including Alexei Yagudin and Brian Joubert.

englishnews@chosun.com / Jul. 20, 2012 10:59 KST