Обсуждение участника:Figure skating Cha Jun-hwan and Shin Ji-ah win the first round of national team selection competition

Cha Jun-hwan overcomes ankle pain and takes first place Shin Ji-ah beats her older sisters to win the competition for the second time in a row

Figure skating men's and women's singles figures Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University) and Shin Ji-ah (Yeongdong Middle School) won the first round of national team selection for the 2024-2025 season.

Cha Jun-hwan scored a total of 174.25, including technical score (TES) of 87.00 and artistic score (PCS) of 87.25, in the men's single free skating at the 2023 National Men's and Women's Figure Skating President's Cup Ranking Competition and the first round of national team selection for the 2023-2024 season held at the indoor ice rink in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do. got a point

Cha Jun-hwan, who received a total score of 260.53 points, including her short program score of 86.28 points, ranked first.

In men's singles, Seo Min-gyu (Kyungshin Middle School) took second place with 240.05 points, and Lee Jae-geun (Suri High School) took third place with 238.50 points.

Shin Ji-ah earned 146.47 points, including 79.45 points in TES and 67.02 points in PCS, in the women's single free skating held on the same day, and a total score of 216.35 points, including the short program score of 69.88 points, achieving her second consecutive victory in this competition following last year.

Kim Chae-yeon (Suri High School) ranked second with 203.64 points, and Wi Seo-yeong (Suri High School) ranked third with 203.64 points.

Lee Hae-in (Sehwa Girls' High School) and Kim Ye-rim (Dankook University), who are playing a double-horse role on the senior stage, showed disappointing performances. Lee Hae-in was 7th with 186.78 points, and Kim Ye-rim was 17th with 156.49 points.

Cha Jun-hwan and Shin Ji-ah increased their chances of being selected to the national team next season by winning this tournament.

The top 4 men's singles and top 8 women's singles players will be selected as national team members for the 2024-2025 season, combining the total scores from this competition and the total scores from the comprehensive championships that will be held in conjunction with the second selection next month.

Cha Jun-hwan also secured the right to participate in the 2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Championships, which is given to the top three finishers in this competition.

Ji-Ah Shin cannot compete in the Four Continents Championships because of the age limit for ISU senior international figure skating competitions.

At the general meeting held in June last year, the ISU decided to raise the age limit for athletes participating in senior international figure skating competitions from 15 years old to 16 years old in the 2023-2024 season and 17 years old in the 2024-2025 season (as of July 1 immediately before the competition). did.

Shin Ji-ah, born in March 2008, will play at the junior level next season as well.

Cha Jun-hwan entered the game today with an ankle injury. Cha Jun-hwan, who had a problem with his right ankle nerve just before the start of this season, gave up participating in the 5th 2023-2024 ISU Figure Senior Grand Prix held in Espoo, Finland on the 17th and 19th of last month as his condition worsened.

Although he did not fully recover from his injury, he was forced to participate in this competition because he could not maintain the Taegeuk mark if he did not participate.

Due to the injury, Cha Jun-hwan lowered the level of difficulty in the free skating that day, performing only one quadruple jump.

Cha Jun-hwan cleanly jumped the quadruple salchow, his first task and only four-turn jump, earning a base score of 9.70 and a score of execution (GOE) of 2.91.

Cha Jun-hwan, who performed the triple Axel, triple Lutz, single oiler, and triple Salchow without any mistakes, performed the Flying Camel Spin at level 4, the highest level of difficulty, and then neatly performed the Triple Lutz.

Even in the second half of the performance, where 10% extra points were given, he did not make any mistakes. I performed the triple flip-double axel sequence jump, triple loop, and triple flip without any major mistakes.

After completing all of the jumping tasks, Cha Jun-hwan finished his performance with a change foot combination spin (level 3), a coreo sequence, and a flying change foot combination spin (level 4).

Shin Ji-ah also showed off a clean performance.

Shin Ji-ah, who used the double axel, triple loop, triple salchow, and triple flip-double toe loop-double loop combination jump without mistakes, finished the first half of her performance with a change foot combination spin (level 4).

In the second half, he performed all the jumping tasks perfectly, including the triple lutz-triple toe loop combination jump, triple flip-double axel sequence jump, and even the triple lutz.

Shin Ji-ah finished her performance with the Flying Camel Spin (Level 4), Step Sequence (Level 3), Coreo Sequence, and Flying Change Foot Combination Spin (Level 4). 19가이드03