“Figure skating star” Shin Ji-ah wins Junior Grand Prix Final Dispatching Trial Championship | Dong-A Ilbo

Xu Mingkui won the men’s singles championship with a total score of 234.10 points

Female figure skating star Shin Ji-ah (Seohwa Girls’ High School) ranked first in the “Selection of Athletes to be Dispatched to the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating for the 2024-2025 Season.”

Shin Ji-ah received a total score of 129.38 points in the women’s single free program trials held at the Uijeongbu Indoor Skating Rink on the 21st, including 62.77 points in the technical score (TES) and 66.61 points in the artistic score (PCS).

Shin Ji-ah, who won first place in the short program with 71.70 points the day before, won first place with a total of 201.08 points in the short program and free program.

On this day, Shin Ji-ah started her performance smoothly with a score of 1.37 (GOE) in the triple loop jump, which was her first jump, and then completed all the jumping elements of the first half, including the triple loop jump, triple flip-double toe loop-double loop combination jump, and double axel clean.

He then successfully completed the triple lutz-triple toe loop combination jump in the second half, earning an additional 10% of the points.

However, in the subsequent triple-double axel sequence jump, a careful judgment was made, warning against using the edge. Lutz’s last jump was also regarded as the first round, leaving a trace of disappointment.

Jia Xin won gold medals at the second Junior Grand Prix Series event held in Linz, Austria last August and at the fifth event held in Budapest, Hungary in September.

Later, at the “2023-2024 Junior Grand Prix Final” held in December last year, he won first place in the short program, but lost in the free program and unfortunately won the silver medal.

Shin Ji-ah, who won silver medals at both the 2024 Gangwon Province Winter Youth Olympics and the 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships held earlier this year, also successfully secured two Grand Prix tickets for next season.

Kim Yu-sung (185.92 points, Pyeongchon Middle School) ranked second, and Kim Yu-sung’s twin sister Kim Yu-jae (183.63 points, Pyeongchon Middle School) ranked third.

Ko Na-yeon (183.09 points, Seongnyeong Middle School) and Hwang Jung-ryul (174.39 points, Sangmyeong Middle School), who ranked 4th and 5th respectively, received two tickets to the Junior Grand Prix next season.

Jang Ha-rim (162.84 points, Dojang Middle School), Lee Hyo-rin (162.34 points, Shuri High School), Yoon Seo-jin (160.34 points, Daehan Advertising), Yoo Na-young (158.31 points, Hambuk Middle School), and the players ranked 6th to 9th will participate in the Grand Prix series next season and can participate once.

In the men’s singles, Seo Min-kyu (Gyeongsin High School) took the podium with a total score of 234.10 points.

Seo Min-kyu participated in the “2024 World Junior Championships” in March last year and became the first Korean men’s singles player to win the championship.

In the ice dance competition, Madelaine Bro (Gyeonggi General) and Inamoo Lee (Gyeonggi Skating Union) won first place (130.45 points) and won two tickets to the Junior Grand Prix.

(Seoul = Newsis)