POSTED: November 22nd 2011
NewsUpdate
Yuna Kim shoots video for Special Olympics World Winter Games PyeongChang 2013
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications
TAMPA/SEOUL: Goodwill Ambassador and Gold medal figure skater Yuna Kim has started her work promoting the Special Olympics World Winter Games PyeongChang 2013 with a new video about the Games.
The Games will be held from January 26th to February 6th, 2013 at PyeongChang, Korea, host city to the PyeongChang winter Olympic Games.
The “Special Happy Matching Campaign” video was filmed at CGV Chungdam Cine City in Sinsa-dong, and aims at promoting the event all over the country.
Kim said, “The Special Olympics World Winter Games PyeongChang 2013 is not only an event for those people with intellectual disabilities, but also an event for all of us since we can together join the true courage and challenge of them.
“Would you be a special friend of visiting 10,000 numbers of athletes with intellectual disabilities and their family in January 2013 with me?”
It was done in collaboration with the NHN’s Happybean Foundation and will be reaching out to companies, organizations, and individuals for their support of the Games and the athletes coming from 120 countries around the world.
The official Special Happy Matching Campaign website will be unveiled in December and her video will be made available to viewers.
The Games will feature 7 sports categories including alpine skiing, cross country skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing, speed skating, figure skating, and floor hockey.
Keywords · Yuna Kim · Special Olympics World Games · PyeongChang 2013 · PyeongChang 2018
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