Korean skating news & updates

[EdgyIceMarks]

Brief observations

• Hyunseo Park not in
• Yelim Kim not in, expected due to injury
• Dabin Choi not in
• Heesue Han not in
• Minsol Kwon not in, contrary to previously shared news
• No teams entered for junior dance, recall that none of them have JWC technical minimums for this season
• Cho/Marinsky not in (Not registered athletes under the KSOC as of yet, Cho has already confirmed in her YouTube comments that they will not be able to participate in the upcoming Nationals, there is also the question of Marinsky's release)

 

[Sylvia]

Thank you @EdgyIceMarks! Feel free to create the 2025 Korean Nationals competition thread in the "National Championships 2024-2025" subforum in Kiss & Cry.

 

[Sylvia]

KSU website seems to be down ("Forbidden") at the moment - here is Nationals streaming & broadcast info: https://www.soyouwanttowatchfs.com/blog/2025-south-korean-national-championships-info-streaming

In addition to X, the Skating Korea fan account also shared the starting orders in this Instagram post:

skatingkor on Instagram: "Korean Nationals Competition 2025 📅 Date: January 2-5, 2025 📍 Location: Uijeongbu Ice Rink 📺 Stream: TBA Follow @skatingkor on twitter for live updates 🌟"

82 likes, 1 comments - skatingkor on December 26, 2024: "Korean Nationals Competition 2025 📅 Date: January 2-5, 2025 📍 Location: Uijeongbu Ice Rink 📺 Stream: TBA Follow @skatingkor on twitter for live updates 🌟".

www.instagram.com

 

[On My Own]

@EdgyIceMarks is it true that Shin is no longer with TCC?

x.com

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[EdgyIceMarks]

My understanding is that Shin stayed in Korea between the Ranking Competition and Korean Nationals, training with Chi Hyun-jung. (https://x.com/0319jiia/status/1863177381877547244) I recall fan speculation that she needs to take Finals (as part of minimal requirements for elite athletes relating to academics and attendance) which explains why she would stay during that time period, though I'm not personally intimately familiar with relevant regulations and their details.

According to fans that met her after Nationals, Shin said she will be returning to Canada (https://x.com/jiajoha/status/1875832827167781301?s=46)

This is all I know of this matter.

 

[On My Own]

If it's based on fan speculation, that's a nice ignore to me.

 

[Sylvia]

2025 Korean Nationals results & video links are posted in Kiss & Cry: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...kating-championships-2025-january-2-5.112453/

Senior results:

Senior Men (10 competed):
Junhwan Cha #차준환 281.02 1 1 (190.49 FS)
Minkyu Seo #서민규 246.78 5 2 (167.60)
Sihyeong Lee #이시형 241.69 2 3 (160.27)
Hyungyeom Kim #김현겸 240.25 3 4 (158.95)
Habin Choi #최하빈 238.07 4 5 (158.48)
Jaekeun Lee #이재근 231.24 6 6 (156.34)
Younghyun Cha #차영현 211.09 7 7 (142.30)
Juheon Lim #임주헌 188.54 9 8 (124.33)
Hangil Kim 173.70 8 10 (106.11)
Donghan Yu 172.56 10 9 (117.55)
Scroll down for FS protocols: https://x.com/skatingkor/status/1875763196981616714

Senior Women top 13 (23 competed):
Chaeyeon Kim #김채연 216.09 2 1 (145.66 FS)
Jia Shin #신지아 214.15 1 2 (142.07)
Yujae Kim #김유재 193.92 3 5 (126.16)
Yuseong Kim #김유성 192.52 5 3 (129.44)
Ahsun Yun #윤아선 188.15 6 4 (126.25)
Haein Lee #이해인 185.33 4 6 (121.35)
Nayeon Ko #고나연8 179.40 7 7 (118.14)
Jiyu Huh #허지유 171.72 13 8 (115.87)
Geonhee Kim 169.07 17 9 (114.08)
Seoyoung Wi 168.39 9 10 (109.82)
Seojin Youn 167.84 8 11 (108.26)
Jiyu Kim 162.61 10 14 (104.35)
Seoyoung Kim 161.18 14 12 (105.38)
Scroll down for FS protocols: https://x.com/skatingkor/status/1875810773697700014

Senior Ice Dance
Hannah Lim/Ye Quan 175.00 (106.38 FD) https://x.com/skatingkor/status/1875825538771894520

KBS1 Broadcast has begun
(Delayed Broadcast for Senior Men Group 2, Live Broadcast for (select skaters in) Senior Women Groups 3-4)

Men's FS group 2 tape delayed of M Seo, H Choi, H Kim, S Lee, J Cha and live coverage of Women's FS, starting with S Youn mid-skate, then N Ko & the final group of A Yun, Yuseong Kim, H Lee, Yujae Kim, C Kim, J Shin.

 

[Sylvia]

2025 Team South Korea assignments:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1875831308867539454

World team:
Junhwan Cha, Sihyeong Lee
Chaeyeon Kim, Ahsun Yun (debut), Haien Lee
Lim/Quan

4CC team:
Junhwan Cha, Sihyeong Lee, Hyungyeom Kim (debut)
Chaeyeon Kim, Ahsun Yun (debut), Haien Lee
Lim/Quan

Junior World team:
Minkyu Seo, Hyungyeom Kim, Habin Choi (debut)
Jia Shin, Yujae Kim

Excerpt re. the Junior World team: https://x.com/skatingkor/status/1875811763377111063

*Hyungyeom is assigned to 4CC (February 19-23). Junior Worlds takes place from February 25 to March 2nd. Next in line for the Junior Worlds spot is Jaekeun Lee.**The Korean junior ice dance teams did not reach technical minimum therefore no junior ice dance team are assigned.

 

[Sylvia]

Yelim Kim not in [Nationals], expected due to injury

Skating Korea X (fan) account today: https://x.com/skatingkor/status/1877757204092059883
Bavarian Open: Chaeyeon Kim (Senior women compete on Jan. 22-23)
Yelim Kim withdraws from the FISU University Games

 

[her grace]

Nice to see Yun reemerge as a senior after her strong junior season in 2021-22. Glad she gets to go to Worlds!

 

[Stephanie]

Seoyeong Wi has retired I know she hasn't had a great season, but I'm surprised she made this decision one year out from the Olympics.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886728754023526711

 

[eleonorad]

Read on TW that somehow Cha Jun-hwan' scores/results at Asian Games might impact whether or not he will be drafted for military conscription, is that any truth in that? Thanks for anyone who will help!

 

[EdgyIceMarks]

Yes, this is the Art and Sports Personnel system [EN Wikipedia Page] To be incorporated as sports personnel in place of traditional military service, one needs 3rd place or higher in the Olympic Games, or 1st place in the Asian Games. (Relevant section here in Korean) No other sports competition are considered for this.

Here is a relevant article (in English), refer to the section on military 'exemption'.

 

[kwanfan1818]

What I don't understand is whether this is a one-off, or if you need to re-qualify for every year in the service period. Also, if it's qualify once, it applies to the entire service period, and, if you qualify once, do you need to be of service age?

The last Asian Winter Games were in 2017, and Cha didn't compete in them. He was 5th in the Winter Olympics.

I know this doesn't apply to athletes, but Prix de Lausanne is listed, and there is no overall winner there: there are multiple winners, each given a different prize. Among this year's winners is 16-year-old Park YounJae, who won Foundation Caris and Best Young Talent Award (Nureyev Foundation). He is the first Korean male to win. Is this a lifetime exemption for him?

 

[EdgyIceMarks]

Eligibility for Art and Sports Personnel does not require re-qualification, it only needs to happen once, and it can happen before service age.

The 2016 Ranking Competition was the 2017 Asian Winter Games qualifier for Figure Skating back then. Cha won the event for Senior Men Singles, but eligibility for the 2017 Asian Winter Games required participating skaters to be at least 15 years old by July 1, 2016, so Cha was not eligible (born October 21, 2001).

BTW Prix de Lausanne was delisted as a qualifier for Art Personnel 2 years ago, I recall this stirring up the ballet community back then. Back when it was though, the eligibility condition would have been 2nd place or higher, as it is for other int'l competitions that act as qualifiers.

 

[kwanfan1818]

BTW Prix de Lausanne was delisted as a qualifier for Art Personnel 2 years ago, I recall this stirring up the ballet community back then. Back when it was though, the eligibility condition would have been 2nd place or higher, as it is for other int'l competitions that act as qualifiers.

That would be hard at Prix de Lausanne, which only has multiple winners, not ranked among them, and then other awards, like audience favorite. The winners earn scholarships to the participating pre-professional schools of their choice. But, sadly, it's moot now for Park YounJae .

Shoma Uno and Boyang Jin would have been formidable competition for Cha at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, had he been eligible.

Thank you for your quick answer!

 

[Karen-W]

Well, crazy and as improbable as it may have been, Junhwan pulled it off and won AWG and is now exempt from military service!

 

[zebobes]

Chaeyeon and Jun both won with amazing FS that were tough, but not impossible to beat. It just so happened that both Kaori and Yuma are upgrading their jump layouts, and thus they both had struggles. Long term, it may be smarter to take the loss now for the sake of stronger tech in the future, but it was pretty exciting for the Korean team.

 

[Karen-W]

Yelim Kim has announced her retirement.

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[Wyliefan]

Looks like Breau/Lee are done. She's on Ice Partner Search.

 

[Karen-W]

Young You's one-year suspension has been lifted.

법원, '이해인 신체 촬영' 피겨 선수 징계효력정지 가처분 인용 | 연합뉴스

(서울=연합뉴스) 설하은 기자 = 피겨 스케이팅 이해인의 성적 수치심을 유발하는 사진을 촬영해 후배 이성 선수 A에게 보여줬다는 이유로 대한빙상...

www.yna.co.kr

Per Google Translate -

According to the legal community on the 26th, the 21st Civil Affairs Department of the Seoul Eastern District Court (Presiding Judge Kim Jeong-min) accepted the injunction to suspend the disciplinary action filed by female figure skater B on the 25th.

The court ruled that it was difficult to conclude that B's act of filming the person's body was an act that caused sexual humiliation or disgust.
...
However, the court found that there was no evidence to support the fact that B showed or distributed the person's photo to A.

The fact that the person concerned, who confirmed that B had never shown the photo to anyone, submitted a petition stating that he had "never been sexually harassed," also worked in B's favor.