I was kinda waiting for Hailey, but with the news of Soyoun's retirement sad21 I thought it was time for a new Korean skating thread. Topics include:
Pairs & Ice Dance
- Will Kim Kyueun/Maxim Deschamps be able to represent Korea? Is he released from the Canadian fed? How is their partnership looking? Is KSU going to support them at all?
- Similarly, are Yura Min/Daniel Eaton coming? Is he released to represent Korea? Are they cleared with the KSU? Will this partnership work out?
- For what I know Jeon Jeongeun/Choi Sungmin, our only junior ID team, are still a team. Assuming that holds, how would they have developed? Will having a senior team help?
Men
- Does Junhwan have fitting boots?? (Seriously, he is currently the only male Korean skater who is internationally competitive, this is important)
- Is Kim Jinseo going to come back? Back injuries are chronic, will he be able/willing to compete again?
- The state of the 3As of: Lee Junehyeong, Lee Sihyeong, Park Sunghoon (junior)
- On Sihyeong: He is junior eligible for one last season, will he stay in juniors? If so, how is his wildly inconsistent 3A going to hold up for JGP qualifiers? Would it be enough to beat Cha Younghyun for the single JW spot?
- Younghyun is consistent and recently gained a 3F-3Lo, but he's missing a 3A. Will he get one this season? If he does, would it be consistent?
- Also eligible for juniors one last season: Kyeong Jaeseok and An Geonhyeong. Will they appear in JGP qualifiers?
- JGP qualifiers are going to be chaotic, we have 5 spots for men. Younghyun with his consistency is almost guaranteed to get 2 tickets, but the remaining 3 are up in the air. Also, is Kim Hangil still skating?
And now, the topic with the most items
Ladies
- Dabin is now the oldest in the ladies' team, how will she hold up? Has she regained her 3Lz-3T? Is she in competitive form? Will she get GP spots?
- What will Young's season look like? Will she go full senior or do half-and-half? Will she try her 3A again?
- How will Yelim fare as a full senior? Could she get more than 1 GP spot?
- Where would Hanul be among the senior team, now with the trio all senior eligible and Dabin a question mark?
- Junior ladies: 14 JGP spots available. Haein (Nats bronze) and Seoyoung (two JGP 4ths and 6ths at Nats) are almost certain to get two spots, if Young competes on the JGP she is guaranteed two. Then there's Jihun (with pretty solid JGP results) and newcomer Seoyeon (with a respectable 7th at Nats), if 5 skaters get 2 spots and 4 skaters get 1 (like before) those five will most likely be the top 5. But if Young goes full senior the 5th spot is up for grabs among the contenders for 1 spot. Among that list would be Jeon Subeen, Kim Boyoung, Lee Siwon, Kim Minseung, and Choi Hyunsoo.
Pairs & Ice Dance
- Will Kim Kyueun/Maxim Deschamps be able to represent Korea? Is he released from the Canadian fed? How is their partnership looking? Is KSU going to support them at all?
- Similarly, are Yura Min/Daniel Eaton coming? Is he released to represent Korea? Are they cleared with the KSU? Will this partnership work out?
- For what I know Jeon Jeongeun/Choi Sungmin, our only junior ID team, are still a team. Assuming that holds, how would they have developed? Will having a senior team help?
Men
- Does Junhwan have fitting boots?? (Seriously, he is currently the only male Korean skater who is internationally competitive, this is important)
- Is Kim Jinseo going to come back? Back injuries are chronic, will he be able/willing to compete again?
- The state of the 3As of: Lee Junehyeong, Lee Sihyeong, Park Sunghoon (junior)
- On Sihyeong: He is junior eligible for one last season, will he stay in juniors? If so, how is his wildly inconsistent 3A going to hold up for JGP qualifiers? Would it be enough to beat Cha Younghyun for the single JW spot?
- Younghyun is consistent and recently gained a 3F-3Lo, but he's missing a 3A. Will he get one this season? If he does, would it be consistent?
- Also eligible for juniors one last season: Kyeong Jaeseok and An Geonhyeong. Will they appear in JGP qualifiers?
- JGP qualifiers are going to be chaotic, we have 5 spots for men. Younghyun with his consistency is almost guaranteed to get 2 tickets, but the remaining 3 are up in the air. Also, is Kim Hangil still skating?
And now, the topic with the most items
Ladies
- Dabin is now the oldest in the ladies' team, how will she hold up? Has she regained her 3Lz-3T? Is she in competitive form? Will she get GP spots?
- What will Young's season look like? Will she go full senior or do half-and-half? Will she try her 3A again?
- How will Yelim fare as a full senior? Could she get more than 1 GP spot?
- Where would Hanul be among the senior team, now with the trio all senior eligible and Dabin a question mark?
- Junior ladies: 14 JGP spots available. Haein (Nats bronze) and Seoyoung (two JGP 4ths and 6ths at Nats) are almost certain to get two spots, if Young competes on the JGP she is guaranteed two. Then there's Jihun (with pretty solid JGP results) and newcomer Seoyeon (with a respectable 7th at Nats), if 5 skaters get 2 spots and 4 skaters get 1 (like before) those five will most likely be the top 5. But if Young goes full senior the 5th spot is up for grabs among the contenders for 1 spot. Among that list would be Jeon Subeen, Kim Boyoung, Lee Siwon, Kim Minseung, and Choi Hyunsoo.