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Student athlete 2009 award ceremony

Taskinen — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:24:30 +0000

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 [...]

“If I were a baseball player” by Kiira Korpi

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:19:17 +0000

Kiira Korpi threw out the opening pitch for Doosan Bears / photo © NeWSIS

Kiira Korpi, now in South Korea, threw out the opening pitch at Doosan Bears vs SK Wyverns professional baseball game on 20th April.

According to the news, Kiira was interested in the baseball fever in Korea and wanted to see baseball fans [...]

[Festa on Ice] Day 1: April 16

Taskinen — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:41:42 +0000

Kiira Korpi of Finland performs during Festa on Ice 2010 at Olympic gymnasium on April 16, 2010 in Seoul, South Korea. (April 15, 2010 - Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images AsiaPac)

The first day of Festa on Ice gala was today, and Getty Images released four pictures taken today.

This post will be updated after more [...]

Kiira and Puma continuing their co-operation

Taskinen — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:08:53 +0000

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 [...]

Kiira Korpi to Ice Show in South Korea!

takashi — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:00:52 +0000

Kiira Korpi to Ice Show in South Korea Photo: (c)Festa on Ice 2010

After participating to Tappara spring show on Sun. 11th April, Kiira Korpi will be invited to the ice show called “Festa on Ice 2010″ which will be held in Seoul, South Korea. This will be her last public performance for 2009-2010 season.

Skaters [...]

[Vancouver 2010] Kiira Korpi was 11th overall

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:19:18 +0000

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 [...]

[Vancouver 2010] FS Starting Order for Kiira Korpi

takashi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:47:34 +0000

Kiira Korpi / Photo:YLE

The starting order of Free Skating was announced. Kiira Korpi will skate as the 8th skater. Ladies free skating starts Feb. 25, 17:00 in Vancouver time.

Go to catch up, Kiira!

[Vancouver 2010] Kiira Korpi got 52.96 pt for SP

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:47:36 +0000

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. After 20 skaters, Kiira is now 7th place. Kiira is 17th place after SP. See here for further results:

Media Coverage:

Aamulehti

Helsingin Sanomat

YLE

PlaceNameCountryPoints 1Yu-Na KimKOR78.5 2Mao AsadaJPN73.78 3Joannie RochetteCAN71.36 4Miki AndoJPN64.76 5Rachael FlattUSA64.64 6Mirai NagasuUSA63.76 7Carolina KostnerITA63.02 8Alena LeonovaRUS64.14 10Laura [...]

Kiira in February 2010 issue of “Gloria”

Roikale95 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:58:28 +0000

I already uploaded these to the Forum, but in order to have the files stored also in this site, here they are again. There is an altogether 6-page article of her in this Finnish women’s/fashion magazine (+ cover). The article is mostly about Kiira’s presence in media, peoples’ perception of her, her image – also [...]

Euros 2010 Kiira was 4th overall

takashi — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:53:14 +0000

Ladies free skating of Euros 2010 was over. Kiira Korpi fell and had couple of other mistakes. Got 99.42 points for FS and fell down to fourth in final standings. Only 0.86 points from third.

Kiira will go to Vancouver with her Finnish team mate Laura Lepistö.

Congrats, Kiira and Laura!

Video of Free Skate (HD):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=54DNdtqBqWQ

Interview with translation [...]