Korean journalism never fails to surprise me by its utter lack of professionalism. I thought I had seen it all, but no.
The Chosun Ilbo has a piece in which they describe what world figure skating champion eats everyday, according to her former coach and former doctor.
Kim Yu-na has been living and training in Canada, under Canadian coaches, for the last two or three years. How they hell do they know what she eats?!
October 23, 2009
What Kim Yu-na eats, according to her FORMER coach (?!)
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I don’t buy it. She eats 1,200 calories a day? Probably, as a sedentary, middle-aged, overweight man, I should restrict myself to that kind of intake, but I suspect Miss Kim would be closer to 5,000 calories considering her workouts. A ’scientific’ diet doesn’t give you more energy than what is in the food.
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