Figure skating - Korean National Championships 2016
The Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul & egrave; was the scene of Thursday & Igrave; and Sunday of the Korean National Championships, which have witnessed a & rsquo; s important growth & rsquo; whole movement as all & rsquo; & agrave usual amount; you & egrave; also added considerable quality & agrave ;.
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In particular, the women's competition, more than ever & ugrave; waiting, he saw the starting line thirty-six athletes, all holding a considerable technical background.
The main protagonist & egrave; You were young, a child prodigy who snatched the primacy of precocit & agrave; the legendary Yu Na Kim managed to win the first title of a career that promises radiant at 11 years and 228 days. The skater ever more & ugrave; winning the last twenty years, now present at the awards ceremony, he obtained, in fact, the first title in the category increased to 12 years played.
The domain You Young (183.75), including the athletes more & ugrave; young people in the race, & egrave; It was overwhelming. After tax in the short program without making any trimming, you & egrave; punctually reconfirmed segment pi & ugrave; long race during which he completed in fluency two double axel and seven triple jumps, including a valuable combination triple lutz / triple toe loop. The difference compared to the opponent has not affected the run, but how each element & egrave; It has been made. Both programs, in particular the free skating to the tune of You Don''t Worry Child of Khushnuma feat Shweta Subram, they were characterized by a wealth of transitional passages, which have adorned each element presented. Technical aspect aside, have not gone unnoticed the personality & agrave ;, & agrave the maturity; interpretative, l & rsquo; innate talent to be always on the note with a remarkable use of the upper body and especially the ability & agrave; to fully cover the track, as befits navigate veterans. Despite the judges Koreans have not allowed themselves the hand, respecting the & rsquo; well-established Asian tradition, Young You outclassed the quoted opposing the degree of realization of almost all the information submitted were able to achieve without particular worries scores technicians pi & ugrave; high of the competition. In the free program, it has also received the feedback pi & ugrave; high on each item of the program components, although not reaching the seven media.
In second place, separated by six points abundant, you & egrave; He placed almost sixteen From Bin Choi (177.29), which confirmed the result twelve months ago, guaranteeing participation in the World Championships in Boston. Forgot stuttering international debut in the senior class took place at the Tallinn Trophy last November, Choi & egrave; once again express high levels of presenting in both segments of the race a valid combination triple lutz / triple toe loop. L & rsquo; unique deburring concerned the combination double axel / triple toe loop in the free program, completed with the & rsquo; help of a step-out and short rotation on the second jump.
Bin Choi preceded by a narrow margin the still twelve years old Eun Soo Lim (175.97) and Ye Lim Kim (173.57), in the next season both eligible for the junior international competitions. Lim has unsheathed a combination triple lutz / triple toe loop of excellence and, except for a problematic input jump on fliyng sit the short program, & egrave; It was flawless on each element in the segment by completing more & ugrave; long race the two double axel and seven triple jumps ordinance. Kim, however, has proven to be the most technically skater & ugrave; Extreme lot executing all elements of jumping short-program in the second half & agrave; music, combination triple lutz / triple toe loop included, and opening the free program with a combination triple lutz / triple Rittberger / double Rittberger with arm raised.
The defending champion So Youn Park (161.07) is & egrave; He had to settle for fifth place staying afloat thanks to feedback on program components higher than those of most of the competition. Despite simplified layout of the intentions of the early season, & egrave; It became clear the difficulty & agrave; nell & rsquo; run combinations with two triple jumps and, in particular, the triple lutz gave problems in both programs. & nbsp;
The main disappointment of the race is named Hae Jin Kim, not gone beyond the seventeenth place. In the men June Hyoung Lee (223.72) has subverted the prediction Eve winning the third title of his career. Determinant & egrave; revealed a mastery of the triple axel superior to the competition and regained consistency on other triple jumps. Lee has legitimized his success skated two programs without major flaws, where & egrave; It was the best on the technical front that on each item of the program components. L & rsquo; one small step-load covered the first triple axel in the free program, completed with the & rsquo; help of a step-out. & Nbsp; Next, they placed the favorite Jin Seo Kim (202.48) and the odd Jun Hwan Cha (189.98), still not eligible for international competitions of the senior class. & Nbsp; Kim, segment pi & ugrave; long race attempted a quadruple toe loop landing l & rsquo; element with a step-out, but bring any major problems on the triple axel leaving the pot serious points than the winner.
In the dance, the important note & egrave; It was represented by the presence of three couples. Success & egrave; Rebeka went to Kim / Kirill Minov (138.00), which were again national champions ahead Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin (127.18), couple recently formed. I jung Lee / Richard Kang Kam (120.02), penalized in the free dance to a & rsquo; execution of twizzles not flawless, they are, instead, had to settle most of the step & ugrave; the bottom of the podium, but we must not forget that they faced the first part of the season in the junior category.
In the field of artistic couples, the title & egrave; He went to Ji Ji Min / Themistochles Leftheris (135.24), together with a limited amount of time and only entered & Outdoors; event. & Nbsp; The new combination is & egrave; disinto for mastery of the jumps in the free program running in parallel triple toe loop combination and triple salchow / double toe loop. Clearly, in terms of throw jumps, lifts and twist it & egrave; still in a phase of work in progress.
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