South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na has won the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating for a second straight year.

Kim Yu-na in action

The 17-year-old student successfully defended the title on Saturday (Dec 15) in Turin, Italy… holding off same age Japanese rival Mao Asada who has to content with a silver medal for two years in a roll behind Kim.

The Grand Prix final pits the six skaters with the best performance in the previous six rounds of the series. Kim is only the third skater to win the title twice in a row, after Irina Slutskaya of Russia and Tara Lipinski of the U.S. [Chosun]

Picture of Kim Yu-na

The ‘blog war’ started when Lee Teuk mentioned in a radio show that his request to exchange blogroll with Kim Yu-na’s Cyworld blog was rejected by the 16-year-old skating star… and SuJu’s fans began sending hate messages on Kim’s blog, and Kim’s fans retaliate.

As of the time of writing, the message board for SuJu and Kim Yu-na has been shut down temporarily.

SuJu’s fans are giving themselves a bad name really. About 2 months ago, some of the fans posted hatred message to a girl after a picture of her posing with one of Suju’s group members during a television show was spread on the internet… the girl was so depressed with all the harassment that she finally committed suicide.

More details from ShenYue and PopSeoul (with updates).