Olympic champ Kim Yu-na pairs up with 5-time world champion Michelle Kwan for skating duet

Kim, Kwan team up for skating duet in South Korea

GOYANG, South Korea — Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu-na says she is excited to skate again with her childhood idol, five-time world champion Michelle Kwan.

Kwan is back in South Korea for the third time in less than a year to join Kim, known at home as “Queen Yu-na,” for the “All That Skate” show, which opens Friday in Goyang, north of Seoul.

“We’re having a blast!” Kwan told reporters Thursday during a break from rehearsal. “I’m having a great time skating with Yu-na.”

They’ll be joined by a raft of Olympic medalists, including American Sasha Cohen, pairs skaters Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany, and ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the United States.

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