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[greenapple]

Korea has two ladies spots.

Korea has 2 ladies spots? If so, they should really wait to decide after the ranking competition to pick the world team, since they have several good candidates. It's a tough decision to make based on only one competition, though I suppose they're unlikely to gain or lose an Olympic team spot no matter who they send. On the other hand, Eunsoo is the only one with world experience. This competition could be very important in preparing whoever they think they'll send to the Olympics next year. I know they won't wait, but they should.

 

[seabm7]

Day 3 videos -

대한빙상경기연맹 : 네이버 블로그

당신의 모든 기록을 담는 공간

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Senior women's free skating
Senior men's free skating

Senior women: Final top 12

Name	Points	SP	FS
Yelim KIM Ahsun YUN Haein LEE Young YOU Seo Young WI Eunsoo LIM	199.31 197.99 195.40 194.81 192.84 179.06	3 5 2 1 6 4	2 1 4 5 3 9
Seoyeon JI Yeon Jeong PARK Chaeyeon KIM Minchae KIM Hanul KIM Boin MOON	177.70 174.19 172.11 169.28 165.98 153.22	8 7 9 10 11 13	6 7 11 10 8 12

 

[Sylvia]

Nationals Ladies FS Group 4 videos include the top 5 free skates: https://blog.naver.com/koreaskatingunion/222257465052
Skate order (reverse order of SP): Seo Young WI, Ahsun YUN (@seabm7 mentioned earlier that she was supposed to make her JGP debut this season), Eunsoo LIM, Yelim KIM, Haein LEE, Young YOU

Senior Ladies unofficial final top 13 (of 26):

GOLD Yelim KIM 199.31 3 2 (130.44 FS) - 6 triples landed: 3Lz+3T, 2A, 3F(!), 3Lo, 3Lz, 2A, 3S+2T+2Lo
SILVER Ahsun YUN 197.99 5 1 (131.70 FS) - exciting new talent! 7 triples: 3Lz+3T, 3Lo, 3S, 2A, 2A+3T, 3Lz+2T+2Lo, 3F(!)
BRONZE Haein LEE 195.40 2 4 (126.18 FS)
4 Young YOU 194.81 1 5 (124.94 FS)
5 Seo Young WI 192.84 6 3 (126.98 FS) - credited with 6 clean triples: 3Lz+3T, 3F(!)+2T, 3Fq, 2A, 2A+1Eu+3S, 3Lz, 3Lo
6 Eunsoo LIM 179.06 4 9 (111.81 FS)
7 Seoyeon JI 177.70 8 6 (116.24 FS)
8 Yeon Jeong PARK 174.19 7 7 (112.11 FS)
9 Chaeyeon KIM 172.11 9 11 (111.49 FS)
10 Minchae KIM 169.28 10 10 (111.74 FS)
11 Hanul KIM 165.98 11 8 (112.00 FS)
12 Boin MOON 153.22 13 12 (101.27 FS)
13 Jooha KANG 152.29 12 13 (98.85 FS)

ETA:

Here is the list of skaters with both of the minimum TES for the 2021 worlds:

Ladies
Yujin CHOI
Hanul KIM
Yelim KIM
Eunsoo LIM
Soyoun PARK (retired)
Jihun TO
Young YOU

Haein LEE (now senior eligible)
Seoyeong WI (now senior eligible)

 

[seabm7]

Senior men: Final top 6

Junhwan CHA 257.12
Sihyeong LEE 227.63
Younghyun CHA 193.44
Deokhoon JEONG 183.69
Jaeseok KYEONG 177.04
Jake Jeun LEE 170.44

All the videos are up!

 

[Colonel Green]

Sigh, this has been a rough season for You.

 

[Natanielle825]

#SendYoungToWorldsAnyway

 

[Wyliefan]

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1365228546927587329?s=19

 

[Karen-W]

https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1365228546927587329?s=19

Seems like the correct choice. You is highly inconsistent with that 3A and it shows in her results here as well as at NHK earlier this season.

 

[karmena]

Eunsoo Lim...

 

[Colonel Green]

What’s happening with Min & Eaton?

 

[Frau Muller]

Korean federation absolutely made the right choices for Worlds. Hopefully there’ll be three ladies spots for next year and Young You will be in the mix?

 

[her grace]

Congrats Kim and Lee! Keep those spots!

 

[Jeschke]

Love the ladies worlds team!
Heartbroken for Lim though.

 

[seabm7]

What’s happening with Min & Eaton?

KSU did not say what they are going to do with the ice dance entry to the worlds yet.

ETD: Originally the entry was supposed to be selected by the ranking competition, which is postponed and now will be happened after the world entry deadline.

 

[Karen-W]

KSU did not say what they are going to do with the ice dance entry to the worlds yet.

Do we know if Min/Eaton are still skating together?

 

[seabm7]

Do we know if Min/Eaton are still skating together?

Yura Min posted this today:

https://twitter.com/Yuraxmin/status/1366200008257777664

 

[Karen-W]

Yura Min posted this today:

https://twitter.com/Yuraxmin/status/1366200008257777664

Not sure what that means... I assume since it's a picture of her and Daniel that they're still competing.

 

[seabm7]

Not sure what that means... I assume since it's a picture of her and Daniel that they're still competing.

Oh, I should have explained about the photo. March 1st is a national holiday in Korea, and the day commemorates the independence movements during the Japanese occupation.

It looks like the photo was taken during a conference of a certain multi-level marketing company, who supports Min & Eaton.

 

[Marco]

I am quite surprised with the ladies results and am even more surprised that they are leaving Young You home in such a tight race. Very excited for Haein Lee!

JPN 3, RUS 3, USA 2 and KOR 2 are likely to round out the top 10 at Worlds. If RUS and JPN occupy the top 6, USA and KOR can only settle for 2 spots each. One of USA or KOR may be able to pull off 6+7 if the 3rd RUS and/or 3rd JPN underperforms... I think Bradie has a better shot of breaking into top 5 but Karen is also the most likely to place lowest given her jump rotational issues. Worlds is going to be wild!

 

[Dobre]

Yelim! Her first national title! I'm so proud of her.

Her seventh Nationals, and she got it done. It must have been so hard to have Worlds cancelled for her last year. After such a hard fought battle to be chosen to go and after missing the Junior World team by a hair so many times, including missing it due to injury the year she qualified. (Plus knowing Haein would be moving up this season). Yet here Yelim is, making both programs count again at this year's Nationals. I think she's come so far. Her arm movement has always been one of her best qualities, IMO, but she has really learned how to hold all of her movements out, and her jumps are much higher since she has grown. (I've always felt there was something a bit Kostner-esque about the way she moves, and she is growing into this taller persona now. Fitting the jumps into the rink & learning to wait patiently when needed on the landings). It's still like pulling teeth to get her to crack a smile, but they've chosen wisely.

Thank you so much, @seabm7, for the links to the videos.

 

[Frau Muller]

Yelim! Her first national title! I'm so proud of her.
.....

I totally agree. Plus - shallow-comment alert! - she’s always had the most beautiful packaging and dresses... probably in the world, not just among Koreans, who are always beautifully packaged! (If we could only get the Korean designers in Russia... )

 

[Kateri]

Finally watched some of the videos:

Eunsoo Lim - not the disaster I expected from what others were saying. Her jumps are still good when she lands them, and she's so smooth and elegant. But two falls aren't gonna cut it in this field, and though East of Eden is very much in her style-wheelhouse, the choreo was minimal and she didn't look like she wanted to be there. (She hasn't for years, let's be honest)

Ahsun Yun - Big light jumps, lovely arm movements, musical, great spins! She's the full package, and it sucks she didn't get a junior season this year, she'd have been right up there!

Yelim Kim - Her Love Story programme from last season. She was really clean, and her jumps are huge. She's clearly very talented, but her packaging doesn't stand out.

Haein Lee - I loved her in juniors, and this Swan Lake programme is really good! Love the music cuts. Great jumps. She needs more sharpness to her movement, and more expression, but I'm so happy we'll get to see her again at Worlds!

Young You - LOTR. Big splat on the 3A and on the 2A-3T combo, and though many of the other jumps were spectacular, sadly there's not a lot a lot to recommend her skating beyond the jumps. I'm still mad this programme doesn't have a Taking The Hobbits to Isengard climactic footwork section. That would redeem anything.

 

[seabm7]

Yuna Kim is included in this unlisted Dior Video, Dior Stands with Women / Dior Chin Up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhllVRRVsY

I guess her clip will come up later this year?

 

[seabm7]

A good new. KSU will do YouTube Live for the Ranking Competition. I posted the relevant information at Kiss & Cry.

 

[Sylvia]

Yura Min's IG post today appears to say their withdrawal from Worlds (their names were removed from the ISU ice dance entry list yesterday) is due to Daniel Eaton's injury and they will focus on his recovery and return next season: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSq9OdncQ1/

 

[seabm7]

There is a provincial competition at Gwacheon Civic Center Ice Rink by Gyeonggi-do Skating Union on March 21, Sunday. Ahsun YUN (Korean National silver) and Younghyun CHA (Korean National broze) will participate.

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here from the Kiss & Cry section now that the Ranking Competition has concluded:

National Envelope A (8 women, official by SPO TV)

Yelim KIM 408.54
Ahsun YUN 393.91
Young YOU 393.87
Haein LEE 386.25
Seoyeong WI 380.45
Eunsoo LIM 368.46
Chaeyeon KIM 345.73 (Surprise! Chaeyeon was the first skater at short program of the Korean National)
Hanul KIM 341.73

Seoyeon JI as 341.65 missed the cut. Let's hope Ahsun YUN and Chaeyeon KIM can debut at JPG seres this year.

@seabm7, do the top 4 men qualify for National Envelope A? (Junhwan CHA, Sihyeong LEE, Younghyun CHA & Jaeseok KYEONG)

How many envelope levels are there?

ETA:

Article with a focus on Ahsun YUN - "'Fearless 14-year-old' Yoon Ah-sun, also ranked 3rd in the figure skating ranking competition":

‘겁없는 14살’ 윤아선, 피겨 랭킹전서도 3위

“점프가 재밌다”고 했다. 옆에 있던 박빛나 코치는 “겁이 없다”고 거들었다. 빙상 위 점프가 즐거운 14살 윤아선(광동중) 얘기다. 윤아선은 14일 의정부 실내빙상장에서 열린 KB금융 전국남녀 피겨스케이팅 회장배

n.news.naver.com

Top 4:
Yelim KIM 209.23
Young YOU 199.06
Ahsun YUN 195.92
Haien LEE 190.85

 

[seabm7]

How many envelope levels are there?

I used alphabets since they look easier then the original Korean wording.

National Team member (level A): 8 single women and 4 single men

National Team member reserve (level B): 9 single women and 3 single men

Youth Team member (level C): 8 single women and 2 single men

and

Espoir member: Mostly novice skaters.

 

[seabm7]

@seabm7, do the top 4 men qualify for National Envelope A? (Junhwan CHA, Sihyeong LEE, Younghyun CHA & Jaeseok KYEONG)

Yes, these are the 4 men qualified for the National Team member (aka level A).

 

[seabm7]

Finally, SBS is providing high quality, free streaming of the entire World Championships in Korea. This is in addition to the real time broadcast of the final groups of Men's and Women's single skating with reasonable commentary.

Korean fans are really happy at this development.