South Korea's Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na confessed to feeling a little nervous here on Tuesday on the eve of the vote as to who hosts the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The 20-year-old gave a short performance on an ice rink - on a pair of borrowed skates - as Pyeongchang went through the final motions in their third attempt to win the Games after finishing runners-up on the previous two occasions for 2010 and 2014.

The Korean candidate - trying to become only the third Asian host of the Winter Games and the first since Nagano of Japan in 1998 - are up against Munich, who if successful would become the first venue to host both the Summer and Winter Games, and the French alpine town of Annecy.

Their fate lies in the hands of the 90+ International Olympic Committee members who will vote on Wednesday following their final presentations.

That was what was slightly worrying Kim.

"I have already been through the experience once with regards to a presentation (Lausanne in May)," said Kim, who is the first skater to have won an Olympic, world, Four Continents and Grand Prix Final titles.

"However, whilst I feel excited I am also I admit a little bit nervous."

Kim, who began skating aged seven, said that she hoped the young would be inspired by not only her but also Pyeongchang if they won the vote.

"We have been in the process of bidding now for a long time," said Kim, who has had to compete against another figure skating great Katarina Witt who is head of the Munich bid.

"This is the third bid and I as an athlete have been inspired by it. I hope that other young skaters will be inspired in a similar manner."

Kim said that whilst she was on relatively new territory in terms of pitching the bid she had been astonished by what she thought would be home territory - the rink.

"I saw the ice rink when I was going to where I am staying here in Durban. However, I have to say that it is so small that there is no way I could practice on it!."