Olympics -'Queen Yuna' thrilled with final torchbearer role


Former figure skater Yuna Kim of South Korea prepares to light the cauldron. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea's Kim Yuna thought she had seen and done it all during her stellar figure skating career, but lighting the Olympic cauldron as the final torchbearer of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics took her breath away.

Kim won Korea's only figure skating gold medal with her performance at the Vancouver Games and while she has always been the hot favourite for the role at Friday's opening ceremony she said it had only been confirmed a couple of months earlier.

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