World class choreographer David Wilson is responsible of creating Kiira’s new Evita -long program.
YLE Sport News made a story of Wilson and Korpi working together.
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At the same day as we unveiled our new site, the new official site at www.kiirakorpi.fi has been published today.  Kiira Korpi's new official site - www.kiirakorpi.fi It features a Twitter feed, new photo and video gallery and a events calendar. There is also a mood meter which Kiira says she update with her phone during competitions and upload photos! We hope everyone likes the both new sites, these are a great way to cheer Kiira for the new season! Everything is renewed now! Yle sport news presented today an interview about Kiira and her coach Maaret Siromaa who talked about the begining of season 2010-2011.
Media: Kiira was awarded the student athlete of the year 2009 award last February, as we reported earlier. But since she couldn’t attend the award ceremony earlier, the award was given separately on Wednesday the 12th of May 2010. In the ceremony at the University of Tampere there were representatives from the Finnish Student Sports Federation and University of Tampere. After the trophy ceremony Kiira told about how helpful they have been while combining sports and studying.  PUMA Complete Running © 2010 Puma Puma will continue as Kiira’s sponsor, and Kiira will be the cover of Puma’s new “PUMA Complete Running” -collection as stated in a press release by Puma. In the press release Kiira praises Puma’s gear and says that they have proved to work well during exercise. She also says that the last season was a positive experience from the ill health 2008-2009 season, and the highlight of the season was of course the Vancouver Olympics. Still a lot of things to improve and the summer will indeed be a busy one. Both of the programs are going to be renewed with a new choreography. Kiira fell the first jump and got 51.72 points from her Short Program and placed on 8th place. Before the last group of 6 skaters she is 11th. Video: Interview: Results: Kiira skated well in the Free Skating and got her all time best score of 108.61 and finished 11th in final standings. In an interview afterwards, she also said (again) that she is going to continue to at least the next Olympics at Sochi, Russia in 2014.  Kiira in the kiss and cry of Vancouver 2010 Free Skating. Image: AFP Well done, Kiira!Media coverage: To get (bad) translations use Google Translate. Final results:
 Kiira Korpi skates her SP, Vancouver 2010 / photo:AP Kiira Korpi fell the first element, triple lutz combo and got 52.96 points for her short program. Media Coverage:[table id=17 /] http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-short-program_fsw010201aj.html
The Finnish broadcasting company made an interview of Kiira and Laura when they were preparing for the competitions in Vancouver Olympic village. The Finnish broadcasting company is presenting different winter Olympic sports in their television coverage of Vancouver 2010 with the help of Finnish Olympic athletes and a young television host. Figure skating was featured last week, and the athlete presenting it was Kiira. The video has been recorded before Olympics in Hakametsä ice hall in Tampere where Kiira usually practices. |
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