Figure Skating Seojin Yoon Takes First Place in Junior GP

Figure Skating Seojin Yoon Takes First Place in Junior Grand Prix Short, ‘Personal Best Record’

Kwon Min-sol ranked 3rd... Challenge medal and grand prix final in free skating on the 29th

Figure skating women's singles star Yoon Seo-jin (Mokil Middle School) placed first with a clean performance in the short program of this season's second Junior Grand Prix competition, revealing her medal prospects.

She and Kwon Min-sol (Mokdong Middle School), who competed together, also ranked 3rd, giving them the green light to advance to the Grand Prix Final. 바카라사이트

Seojin Yoon scored a technical score (TES) of 39.07 points, artistic score (PCS) of 29.89 points, total in the women's single short program of the 6th competition of the International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix of the 2023-2024 season held in Gdansk, Poland on the 28th (Korean time). He received 68.96 points and ranked first.

Seojin Yoon, who beat second place Lena Uezono (Japan, 64.85 points) by 4.11 points, performed flawlessly and ‘all clean’ on this day.

Seojin Yoon perfectly performed her first jumping task, a triple flip-triple toe loop combination jump, earning a score of performance (GOE) of 1.14.

Yoon Seo-jin, who also received a GOE of 0.80 in the double axel, added a GOE of 0.77 in the flying sit spin with the highest level of difficulty, level 4.

Seo-jin Yoon earned a GOE of 1.26 points by perfectly performing the Triple Lutz, the first acting task in the second half with an additional 10% points, and received a level 4 with dynamic yet accurate movements in sync with the music leading to the climax of the step sequence.

Even the change foot combination spin and layback spin that followed were handled at level 4 with perfect posture and finished with a clean performance.

Seojin Yoon, who improved her personal best score (65.98 points) by 2.98 points from the short program of the 3rd Junior Grand Prix held in Istanbul earlier this month, smiled brightly when the scores were announced.

Seojin Yoon, who ranked 5th in the 3rd competition, can hope to advance to the Junior Grand Prix Finals, where the top 6 skaters will participate, if she takes 1st place in the free skating held on the 29th.

Kwon Min-sol, who also competed, ranked third with 35.49 points in TES, 28.51 points in PCS, and 64.00 points in total.

Minsol Kwon got off to a fresh start by neatly completing the first acting task, the double axel, and receiving a GOE of 0.61 points.

However, in the following task, the triple lutz, he showed attention and lost 0.25 points.

Next, Kwon Min-sol, who treated the flying sit spin to level 3, steadily jumped in the triple flip-triple toe loop combination jump, the first performance task of the second half with an additional 10% points, adding 0.76 GOE points.

Afterwards, Min-sol Kwon, who treated the step sequence to level 3, raised his score by receiving both layback spin and change foot combination spin to level 4.

Kwon Min-sol, who placed third in the second competition, is expected to be in an advantageous position to advance to the Grand Prix Finals if she wins a medal in the free skating.

The Junior Grand Prix Final will be held in Beijing, China in December.