Korean skating news & updates

[Stephanie]

Article on Young You: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/young-you-gearing-up-for-the-games/

 

[seabm7]

Notice on the ranking competition and the Korean national dates:

https://www.skating.or.kr/download/download.do?fileName=schedule_202110251056329220.pdf&dir=schedule

Ranking Competition - December 3-5, Uijeongbu Indoor Rink
Korea National - January 7-9, Uijeongbu Indoor Rink

Uijeongbu Indoor Rink has ~ 900 seats.

 

[seabm7]

Ranking Competition, 1st day live:

2021 전국남녀 피겨스케이팅 회장배 랭킹대회 1일차

경기일정 :일자 : 2021년 12월 3일장소 : 의정부실내빙상장경기 시작 시간 :10:05 아이스댄스 주니어 (1~2)10:20 남자 주니어 (1~3) 쇼트 프로그램10:55 여자 주니어1 (1~5) 쇼트 프로그램11:25 여자 주니어2 (6~10) 쇼트 프로그램12:10 여자...

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Unfortunately, I am quite busy for the next two weeks, so cannot update what is happening in the Korean skating world.

 

[her grace]

After Ladies' SP, according to @Sylvia's twitter

Sr. Women SP top 7:
Yelim Kim 72.14 - Ripp3Lz3T, 2A, 3F
Young You 71.03 - 3A step, 3Lz3T, 3F
Haein Lee 67.98 - 3Lz3T, 2A, 3F
Yeonjeong Park 66.83 - 3Lz3T, 2A, 3F
Ahsun Yun 66.27 - 3Lz3T, 2A, 3F
Seoyoung Wi 65.88 - 2A, 3F, 3Lz3T
Eunsoo Lim 62.86 - 3Lz, 2A step, 3F2T

Good for Kim and You. Very tight for third place.

 

[Frau Muller]

Lot of space between 6th and 7th…Eun Soo Lim has to fight.

 

[Sylvia]

Just realized the final results from the Ranking Competition were posted in the Kiss & Cry thread but not here - Twitter thread compilation for the women: https://twitter.com/skatingkor/status/1467381613378027523

Dec. 5th article after the Ranking Competition:

피겨 차준환·유영 올림픽 1차 선발전 우승…베이징이 보인다

한국 피겨 스케이팅 남녀 싱글 간판 차준환이 베이징올림픽 1차 선발전에서 우승을 차지했습니다. 차준환은 의정부실내빙상장에서 열린 2021 KB금융 전국남녀 피겨스케이팅 회장배 랭킹 대회 겸 베이징 올림픽 국가대표 1차 선발전 남자 싱글 프리스케이팅에서 기술점수 84.30점, 감점 2점을 합쳐 152.07점을 받았습니다.

news.sbs.co.kr

Machine translated excerpts:

With a total score of 239.16, including 87.09 points in the short program, Cha Jun-hwan surpassed 2nd place Si-hyeong Lee (237.01 points, Korea University) and 3rd place Gyeong Jae-seok (Kyunghee University, 204.64 points) to reach the top.
In the women's singles free skating that was held earlier, Yooyoung received 137.56 points, including 71.68 points for TES, 66.88 points for PCS, and one point deduction.
With a total score of 208.59 points, including 71.03 points in the short program, Yoo Young beat 2nd place Kim Ye-rim (205.82 points, Surigo) and 3rd place Yoon Ah-seon (200.97 points, Gwangdong Middle School).

Cha Jun-hwan and Yoo-young, who took first place in the men's and women's division, aim to secure their qualification for the Olympics through the second round of the national championship and national team selection to be held from the 8th to the 9th of next month.

The men's singles Cha Jun-hwan, Lee Si-hyeong, and Kyung Jae-seok and the women's singles You Young, Kim Ye-lim and Lee Hae-in were also qualified to participate in the Four Continents Championships in this tournament.
In the women's singles, 3rd place Yoon Ah-sun, 4th place Shin Ji-a (Yeongdong Middle School), and 5th place Kim Chae-yeon (Yang Su-jung) did not meet the senior age qualifications, so Hae-in Lee, who ranked next, secured the place.

 

[Sylvia]

June 1, 2020:

Sunghoon PARK (2020 Korean National Men's 7th) will particpate in I-LAND, a new reality idol project at Mnet:

https://twitter.com/mnetiland/status/1267357880858013696

His figure skating activities will be on hold for the time being.

Sept. 19, 2020:

Sunghoon got selected as a member of the new boy-band at the I-Land final. Congratulations! This is a pretty good news, though this designates the end of his figure skating career.

Non-competition update :

ENHYPEN's Sunghoon returns to the ice rink for the first time since debut & performs an impromptu figure skating routine to 'Given-Taken'

On the latest episode of ENHYPEN's 'EN-O'CLOCK' aired on December 16, Sunghoon returned to the ice rink for the first time since his debut as a K-Po…

www.allkpop.com

 

[seabm7]

The winter universiades has been canceled, which killed a rare international competition opportunities for college attending skaters. It's a bad luck for them, since traveling to an international competition is pretty difficult nowadays. Universiade is one of B competitions which KOC and KSU regard seriously, so athletes could get help when applying for the travel permission from their respective colleges. Here is the list of the figure skaters who were supposed to fly to Luzern:

Men:
Jaeseok KYEONG
Deokhoon JEONG

Women:
Dabin CHOI
Hanul KIM

 

[seabm7]

X-mas event at Gwacheon Civic Center Ice Rink, featuring Young YOU and Sihyeong LEE

#과천도시공사#피겨#피겨스케이팅#유영#이시형#이벤트#크리스마스#figure#figureskating#Christmas#YoungYou#과천도시공사빙상장의 크리스마스 깜짝이벤트 공연

과천도시공사빙상장의 크리스마스 깜짝이벤트 공연

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[seabm7]

Dabin Choi will retire after Korean Winter Festival on February. She was really looking forward to participating in the Winter Universiades, which was canceled due to the current situation in Europe. She mentioned these at a TV show, which will be uploaded to the Naver TV archive next week,

노는언니2

tv.naver.com

 

[~tapdancer~]

Anyone know if the North Korean pair are still skating/competing?

 

[skatingguy]

Anyone know if the North Korean pair are still skating/competing?

They haven't been seen since before the pandemic started, and North Korea even more tightly restricted their borders.

 

[seabm7]

Here is a good news. The Korean government reduced the quarantine period for the Olympic bound skaters who returned from the Estonia 4CC. The quarantine will be 2 days instead of 10 days. They will do PCR tests during this time. Then the skaters can train at Taereung Indoor Rink as a cohort (= an isolated group).

4대륙선수권 우승한 피겨 차준환, 금의환향…격리시설 입소

27일부터 태릉빙상장에서 베이징올림픽 대비 훈련4대륙대회 마친 피겨스케이팅 대표팀 '금의환향'(영종도=연합뉴스) 임헌정 기자 = 국제빙상경기연맹(ISU) 4대륙선수권대회에서 한국 남자 싱글 선수 최초로 금메달을 목에 건 차준환(왼쪽)과 여자 싱글에서 각각 은메달과 동메달을 따낸 이해인(오른쪽), 김예림(가운데)이 25일...

n.news.naver.com

 

[Marco]

I am quite underwhelmed that the Korean Fed:

1. does not wait til 4CCs to decide the Olympic team, especially given the lack of internationals and head-to-heads in recent seasons for the top ladies;

2. has the skaters tire themselves out with so many internal comps with judging that isn't quite in line with international panels.

How many times has Young You crashed internationally in recent seasons?!

 

[seabm7]

I am quite underwhelmed that the Korean Fed:

2. has the skaters tire themselves out with so many internal comps with judging that isn't quite in line with international panels.

Participating in these additional internal competitions is mainly for college entrance portfolios. KSU cannot control the situation in this matter, because figure skaters are building their portfolios to compete against other candidates from all the sports disciplines. KSU requires only two competitions: ranking and National.

Unless you are a world champion like Yuna Kim, it would be better to record more wins in college application documents.

 

[Karen-W]

I am quite underwhelmed that the Korean Fed:

1. does not wait til 4CCs to decide the Olympic team, especially given the lack of internationals and head-to-heads in recent seasons for the top ladies;

2. has the skaters tire themselves out with so many internal comps with judging that isn't quite in line with international panels.

How many times has Young You crashed internationally in recent seasons?!

The Olympic team was decided after Korean Nats (same weekend as US & Canadian Nats) and was a combination of the scores from the Ranking Competition in December (which decided their 4CCs team) and K-Nats. I don't think they'll be changing the O-team - for sure not the men since Junhwan and Sihyeong finished well ahead of Jaeseok. And I expect that Young and Yelim are both still going to the Olympics, despite Haein beating both of them in Tallinn.

 

[Samurina]

The Olympic team was decided after Korean Nats (same weekend as US & Canadian Nats) and was a combination of the scores from the Ranking Competition in December (which decided their 4CCs team) and K-Nats. I don't think they'll be changing the O-team - for sure not the men since Junhwan and Sihyeong finished well ahead of Jaeseok. And I expect that Young and Yelim are both still going to the Olympics, despite Haein beating both of them in Tallinn.

Both young and Kim have scored higher than haein all season

 

[seabm7]

Interview with the designer who made Junhwan CHA's costumes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnArQM-eHjU

They have English captions.

 

[zigzig]

I’m really pleased the Korean girls brought it and I though Yelim was shamefully underscored.

 

[Dobre]

I thought it was great to see them both really step up in the moment. Yelim's two clean skates were one of the highlights of the event for me. Fingers crossed that they will keep competing for a while in the future & that they can maybe snag that third berth for next year's Worlds.

 

[Marco]

I’m really pleased the Korean girls brought it and I though Yelim was shamefully underscored.

So happy for Young, Yelim and especially Junhwan!

Let's hope the success in the women will finally allow them to use non-war horse music in the future! And here's hoping Young and Yelim can help grab a 3rd woman's spot for Korea (Go Haein!)

 

[seabm7]

Korean Winter Sports Festival will be held this week, Feb 23-25. This event is organized by KOC and categorized by level and age. Elite figure skaters participate in the event to create college application portfolios.

This is the final competition of Dabin CHOI.

Updated time table,

https://www.skating.or.kr/download/download.do?fileName=figure_202202221949169230.xlsx&dir=game

Starting order,

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By level:
A Senior
B Junior
C Novice
D Intermediate

By age:
13 and under
16 and under
19 and under
collegiate
others

Overall schedule is complicated. For senior,

Feb. 26 afternoon Senior short
Feb. 27 Senior free

Live streaming by YouTube,

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YumZ5JXIrquajKya2J5yg/featured

Video archive,

koreaskatingunion2님의블로그 : 네이버 블로그

blog.naver.com

 

[seabm7]

Dabin CHOI decided to postpone her retirement. She realized she still likes skating while preparing for Korea Winter Festival. The sources are here,

https://twitter.com/posterboy65/status/1497504050987761667

'동계체전이 끝 아니다' 피겨 최다빈, 은퇴 미루고 현역 연장

(엑스포츠뉴스 조은혜 기자) 은퇴를 선언했던 피겨스케이팅 여자 싱글의 최다빈(22·고려대)이 현역 선수 생활을 연장하기로 결정했다.최다빈의 매니지먼트사 올댓스포츠는 26일 "제103회 전국동계체육대회를 끝으로 현역 은퇴를 예고했던 최다빈 선수가 은퇴를 미루고 현역 선수 생활을 이어가기로 결정했다&qu...

n.news.naver.com

 

[KaoriFan]

I’m really pleased the Korean girls brought it and I though Yelim was shamefully underscored.

I thought it was great to see them both really step up in the moment. Yelim's two clean skates were one of the highlights of the event for me. Fingers crossed that they will keep competing for a while in the future & that they can maybe snag that third berth for next year's Worlds.

So happy for Young, Yelim and especially Junhwan!

Let's hope the success in the women will finally allow them to use non-war horse music in the future! And here's hoping Young and Yelim can help grab a 3rd woman's spot for Korea (Go Haein!)

Congrats to Young You and Yelim, they both skated so well. Both Korean girls were shamefully underscored. Yelim same score as Mariah Bell LOL! I mean I was happy for Mariah to fight for her free skate and finish clean, but come on already that's a joke.

Young You had one of the most fantastic skates of the whole night, right there with Kaori. I would put them #1 and #2. Does anyone know if she had a wardrobe malfunction? It looked like her dress was torn by her shoulder and she keep pulling at it during her free skate. If so, wow! I can't believe she managed to have the best skate of her life while dealing with distraction like that.

Young was really underscored too. She should have easily been ahead of Waka (who fell) but since she was Japanese main competition for bronze medal, the judging was rigged against her to make sure Waka finish ahead with Kaori still to skate.

We all know "the situation" with Eteri skaters -- Young You will finish 5th at Olys when Valieva DQ'd and I hope one day she will get the Olympic medal she deserves and she earned.

 

[frida_lumen]

Yelim same score as Mariah Bell LOL! I mean I was happy for Mariah to fight for her free skate and finish clean, but come on already that's a joke.

I would have placed Mariah below Gubanova... It was so close though.

 

[Scott512]

The top two Korean ladies were fabulous at the Olympics. I don't think they have the full respect from the judges yet especially with the PCS scores.

What happened to Eunsoo this season? She's a tall and talented girl and I remember her from the Juniors I figured she would make it big as a senior. She still could of course because she's so young.

 

[seabm7]

Nahyun KIM retired after her last competition at Winter Festival,

김나현 (Nahyun Kim) on Instagram: "울고 웃었던 17년동안 행복했어요 이제부터 선수로서의 삶이 완전히 배제 된다는 게 조금 싱숭생숭 하지만 항상 최선을 다했기에 아쉬움 보다는 후련함이 큽니다 앞으로 선수가 아닌 저 김나현으로 새로운 인생을 살아나갈게요 선수 생활 내내 응원해주시고 도움 주신 모든 분들께 너무 감사드립니다 🤍"

k.nahyunFebruary 26, 2022 on : "울고 웃었던 17년동안 행복했어요 이제부터 선수로서의 삶이 완전히 배제 된다는 게 조금 싱숭생숭 하�..."

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Both Nahyun and Dabin got graduated from Univerversities a couple of weeks ago.

 

[seabm7]

What happened to Eunsoo this season? She's a tall and talented girl and I remember her from the Juniors I figured she would make it big as a senior. She still could of course because she's so young.

Eunsoo had injury problems, coaching changes, etc since 2019-2020 season. She tried to recover 3-3 during 2020-2021 but the success rate was low. If I remember correctly, Eunsoo was doing 3-2 this season, which is not enough to get 4cc/World/Olympic tickets.

 

[Scott512]

Eunsoo had injury problems, coaching changes, etc since 2019-2020 season. She tried to recover 3-3 during 2020-2021 but the success rate was low. If I remember correctly, Eunsoo was doing 3-2 this season, which is not enough to get 4cc/World/Olympic tickets.

Thanks. It's so tough being a young promising skater the obstacles that overcome are endless.

I hope Eunsoo can get her triple triple back at some point and that will help her confidence.

 

[Frau Muller]

The top two Korean ladies were fabulous at the Olympics. I don't think they have the full respect from the judges yet especially with the PCS scores.

What happened to Eunsoo this season? She's a tall and talented girl and I remember her from the Juniors I figured she would make it big as a senior. She still could of course because she's so young.

Eun Soo was 9th at the most recent Korean nationals. She in recovery/ comeback mode.