It would be good to see South Korea with more than one competitor in each competition at their home Olympics - but is that possible?
This world championships in Helsinki, is where the 2018 Olympic allocations for each country will be decided, isn't it? And South Korea can only send one skater/team to each of the World's competitions this year? So it falls to that one person/team to try and earn extra places.
South Korea now has a lot of very promising young skaters, but most are under the age limit for this world's (and the Olympics for that matter). Shame, because eg. surely Jun Hwan Cha could earn an extra place for South Korean men right now, if he was allowed to compete?
(That also means that whoever South Korea does send to the men's competition in Helsinki... is going to write themselves out of the Olympics if they don't earn an extra place! Because if there's only one place, chances are it will go to Jun Hwan Cha - he will be old enough to go to the Olympics)
I guess it's a bit much to expect South Korea to earn extra places for Ice Dance or Pairs? Or is it?
And how about the ladies? Who will Korea send? Who has the best chance? Is it looking like Na Hyun Kim now?
This world championships in Helsinki, is where the 2018 Olympic allocations for each country will be decided, isn't it? And South Korea can only send one skater/team to each of the World's competitions this year? So it falls to that one person/team to try and earn extra places.
South Korea now has a lot of very promising young skaters, but most are under the age limit for this world's (and the Olympics for that matter). Shame, because eg. surely Jun Hwan Cha could earn an extra place for South Korean men right now, if he was allowed to compete?
(That also means that whoever South Korea does send to the men's competition in Helsinki... is going to write themselves out of the Olympics if they don't earn an extra place! Because if there's only one place, chances are it will go to Jun Hwan Cha - he will be old enough to go to the Olympics)
I guess it's a bit much to expect South Korea to earn extra places for Ice Dance or Pairs? Or is it?
And how about the ladies? Who will Korea send? Who has the best chance? Is it looking like Na Hyun Kim now?
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