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Shin Ji-ah (Sehwa Girls' High School), the next-generation ace in figure skating, once again failed to cross Mao Shimada's wall. However, he succeeded in turning the tables with a silver medal for four consecutive years.
Shin Ji-ah received 67.11 points in the technical score (TES), 60.85 points in the art score (PCS), 1 deduction, and a total of 126.96 points in the women's single free skate at the ISU Figure Skating Junior World Championships held in Debresen, Hungary on the 2nd (Korea time). It's Shin's best this season. He finished second to Shimada (230.84 points), with a total score of 190.53, including 63.57 points in the short program.
Shin Ji-ah won her first silver medal after Sabo Levito of the U.S. in 2022. In 2023 and 2024, it came in second behind Shimada. The gold medal was also up to Shimada this year. There was a whopping 40 points difference in the total score.
Still, this is the first time a Korean player has been on the podium for four consecutive years at the Junior World Championships. It was also his income that he overcame his lackluster short program and succeeded in winning the prize. Shin Ji-ah finished seventh overall in the short program due to a jump mistake, but she improved her ranking with a relatively stable performance in the free skate
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Shin Ji-ah, who started free skating with the melody of 'Dreams of Love', succeeded in her first jump task, a double axel, and cleaned triple loops and triple salco jumps one after another. He then succeeded in the triple flip-double toe loop-double loop combination jump and continued his clean march.
The first non-jumping task, Change Foot Combination Spin, received the highest difficulty level of Level 4. However, a mistake was made in the first jump task in the second half when 10% extra points were added.I was running the triple lutz-triple toe loop combination jump and fell swinging on the landing.
Shin Ji-ah also received a big deduction for making a mistake in this jumping task in the short program, and a similar scene came out in the free skate. His performance score (GOE) was reduced by 2.95 points in this jump alone, and he received one deduction.
Fortunately, it didn't shake anymore. After running the triple flip-double axel sequence jump cleanly, Shin Ji-ah also cleaned the triple lutz for the last jump task.
Shin Ji-ah, who caught her breath with flying camel spin (level 3), played a Correo sequence with Ina Bauer and finished with flying change foot combination spin (level 4). The bronze medal was won by Elise Lynn-Gracey of the United States, who scored 188.71.
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Shin Ji-ah said through her management company All That Sports, `I'm sorry that I made a mistake maybe because I was nervous, but I have no regrets because I did my best until the end.' `I've never thought of a medal easily for four consecutive years, so today's junior world last medal is even more precious and happy. He said, "I'm a senior from next season, and I'll prepare better and show you a good performance."
In an interview with ISU, "Today's performance is not the best, but I have no regrets. He went from 7th place in the short program to 2nd place in the final. I'm honored to win my fourth medal at the Junior World Championships."I've been on the podium with Shimada three times, and he always supports me. Shimada is a player who wants to learn a lot, so she tries harder."
South Korea won silver medals in both men's and women's singles. In the men's singles on the 1st, last season's champion Seo Min-kyu (Gyeongshin High School) won a silver medal with 241.45 points.
After the competition, Shin Ji-ah will return to Canada to continue her training.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
