Figure skater Yuna Kim named 2018 Winter Olympics ambassador

Olympic figure skating gold medalist Yuna Kim has been named an official ambassador for the 2018 Winter Games in her native South Korea.

The organizing committee for the Pyeongchang Olympics appointed Kim to the role on Tuesday, saying it expected ''her to take the lead in promoting the Games to the world.''

Kim, who won gold at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and silver at the 2014 Sochi Games, helped campaign for Pyeongchang during the city's candidacy and was one of the presenters for the city at the International Olympic Committee meeting in South Africa in 2011 when it was selected as host.

She said those memories ''are still fresh in her mind'' and she's ''excited to bring the same passion and commitment to this new role with the organizing committee.''