The moment that would leave anyone horrified began only seconds into her performance with ice dancing partner Alexander Gamelin when the top of her costume disconnected in the back.
There was a #KOR wardrobe malfunction during ice dancing #Pyeongchang2018 pic.twitter.com/cRd6QKQdXF
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) February 11, 2018
WATCH: South Korean Olympics figure skater Yura Min overcomes wardrobe malfunction with calm and class #PyeongChang2018 https://t.co/g9mlMUp2qZ
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One Twitter user thought this was the sporting world's annual televised wardrobe malfunction.
If we couldn’t have another wardrobe malfunction at the #SuperBowl at least we got one during #Olympics ice dancing. Twizzle #Olympics2018 pic.twitter.com/OLaBLFGkXK
— Sharon Hoffmann (@Sharonakc) February 11, 2018
Min handled the setback like a true Olympian, adjusting her clothing and continuing her performance.
South Korean figure skater suffers wardrobe malfunction after costume slips off https://t.co/XaDFZh44iS pic.twitter.com/yzmcnzSkoo
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 11, 2018
"I didn't stop," she told the Detroit Free Press. "I went from the beginning to the end. I didn't stop because you get a deduction if you stop in the middle of a program. In my head, I was thinking, 'Is it better to stop and fix it and get the deduction or keep going?'"
South Korean skater Yura Min avoids wardrobe malfunction https://t.co/yOqK10Z0vA pic.twitter.com/IgIFL4S7J4
— Sortiwa (@Sortiwa) February 12, 2018
She and Gamelin came in ninth out of 10 teams. A few of the adjustments cost them some points.
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“Anytime she brought her shoulders in, it came down,” Gamelin said. “I only noticed it halfway through. During our twizzle, it came off her shoulder, all of the way. She had to stop and pull it back up, and that cost us a bunch of points. It wasn’t because we were skating poorly.”
(H/T HuffPost)
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