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*Copy and paste my post from 2017-2018 State of S. Korean Figure Skating.
I think it's time to see which girls have the possibilities for upcoming junior grand prix to represent Korea. Who's next?
So I found some skaters who are very likely to fill the spots, which are 14, just like last season. So KSU decided to give it as 2 tickets for each 5 skaters, and 1 for each 4 skaters. (It means total 9 skaters got the chance for ISU jr events last season. They were all being selected at JGP selection event which usually held at late July to early August.) And I think it might be the same for this season again. So I made a list for possible 16 skaters to hop on the team.
*NOTE: I tried to write this thing as objective and gentle as I can, but maybe some of you will not fully satisfy for what I wrote about some skaters, but I do not have any mean intention to all of them so plz just see this as fun
*NOTE2: the Nationals were at early January, and the Winter Festival Competition were right after the Nationals.
First, we already have some knowned skaters who will meet their second (or third) JGP seasons.
(1) Young You
-Born: 27. 05. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 JWC, SP FS
-She has some decent skills and presents on ice, and made some enjoyable programs. But IMO she's not the kind of very consistent skater. Maybe it was because her first season for junior, so we have to see and wait how she will do this year. I guess she will take two tickets easily.
-Expected: 2 tickets
(2) Yelim Kim
-Born: 23. 01. 2003 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She has some nice jumps, including backloading and rippon tanos. Also there are very nice flows in her jumps. She has the potential to be medaled but she did not make the results yet. It might get her back to junior competitions instead of senior challengers. She is very consistent skater esp at domestic competitions, so she may win the JGP selection event again (like last season).
-Expected: 2 tickets
(3) Hanul Kim
-Born: 11. 04. 2002 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 WC (all blocked now:sad21:, So this is her 2018 PC Olympics vids SP FS)
-She gained international popularities since she competed both Olympics and Worlds. She made decent results at Worlds this season(15th place), but unless she got invited for senior grand prix for upcoming season(and it has low chance as I know?), she may get back to juniors again. Or she can go to senior challengers, instead of JGP, and it depends on her choice. But if Hanul decides to go back to junior circuit, then she will def get two tickets here.
-Expected: 2 tickets
(4) Ji hun To
-Born: 11. 08. 2003 / 14 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She is able to do 3Lz-3T and nice 3F-3T. Also her 2A-3T is great and her spins usually got level 4. But her main thing is def her presentation skills. She has lovely lines throughout the program(esp arms), and wonderful facial expression for her age. But she is very inconsistent skater compared to her domestic rivals, and it made her to get just one jgp ticket last season.(and she was also inconsistent there..) I hope this time she can change herself and get two tickets. Little doubt, but I know she can.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(5) Yunkyung Kam
-Born: 30. 04. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2017 JGP selection events (domestic)(it's almost a year ago), SP FS
-Oh my how I miss her... :sad21: She has really great jump skills and good flows, lovely and consistent 3Lz-3T, and her spins are just as great. However she had very significant injuries last season just after JGP selctions, and she just skipped the whole season. I heard that Yunkyung is now on ice for training since last month, so we will see how she can go up like last season. Miss her last season's programs(esp the beauty and the beast), so I just personally hope her to bring them again. (they are only being used once at that selection event! omg what a waste..)
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(6) Hyun soo Lee
-Born: 01. 07. 2002 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Yes you can see at her birth date, she just missed the home olympics due to one day. Anyway she did quite nice at last season's jgp selections and got two tickets. Maybe she can do that again? She has very nice 2A-3T, and performs it two times at her free skating. Not yet consistent 3-3 she has. She usually did one or two mistakes at her free skating. If she wants two jgp this time again, then she may not forgive any mistakes at selections.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets.
(7) Sohyun An
-Born: 28. 12. 2001 / 16 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Like Hanul, she may not appear to jgp selections and just go for senior challengers, but if she decides to do jgp again, then she is also one of a contender for jgp tickets. She sometimes has a under-rotation problems when she jumps, but sometimes not, so we have to see. She medaled bronze at Ice Stars(challenger event) at senior ladies category last season.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets.
And there are new faces who also expected to have a chance to grab two(or one) tickets.
(8) Hae in Lee (*debut season)
-Born: 16. 04. 2005 / 12 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP(this is her 2018 Nationals performance, and the sound is partially mute due to youtube policy) FS
-She finally has the chance to debut as internationally. She showed quite good consistency in domestic competitions, including 3Lz-3T and 3-1-3. She recently moved to coach Chi(former coach of Dabin Choi and current coach of Eunsoo Lim and Soyoun Park), to prepare her upcoming junior season. Her jumps are already effortless and looked good, but maybe coach Chi(who can teach jumps surely) can help her jumps to be better, like Eunsoo's.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(9) Seo young Wee (*debut season) (It might be Wi instead of Wee)
-Born: 15. 03. 2005 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She is quite consistent skater with 3Lz-3T and 2A-3T. And also very good and centered spinner, some of them reminds me of Yunkyung's. She earned Junior National title at 2018 Nationals with very big margin. She's lack of skating skills and presentation a bit, but if she continues to keep going with her consistent jumps, then she also can challenge for two spots for JGP next season.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(10) Seung been Yu (*debut season)
-Born: 07. 09. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Very inconsistent skater so I can't predict how she will perform at jgp selections. She has 3Lz-2T (not 3T yet) and 2A-3T but they are also inconsistent. She is very elegant and artistic skater, capable of using arms and shoulders.(Loved her FS from last season, Reflection!) She is also coached by coach Chi(yes, she teaches many good talents), and this fact makes me to think about Soyoun and Seung been's similarity in some aspects..
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
And for the last, there are some other skaters who aim for 1 ticket.
(11) Su been Jeon
-Born: 30. 05. 2003 / 14 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals SP FS
-Decent skater with decent tecniques, even though she does not have 3-3 yet. She got 1 jgp last season and was in top 10 at that event(JGP Brisbane). Also she medaled silver at Canada Autumn classic international's junior ladies category last season.
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(12) Eun bi Ko
-Born: 07. 03. 2003 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Not a good or big jumper, but at last season's jgp selction event, she was a winner and took a ticket. As the results, she got the chance to perform at jgp Brisbane and did good there and also placed in top 10 with Su been. But she had rough time at the end of the season and totally ruined 2018 (senior) Nationals short program and couldn't advance to the free. Also shown a bad performance at Winter Festival Comp. Could she revenge and soar again?
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(13) So eun Choi
-Born: 11. 05. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She has quite good consistency at her jumps throughout the programs. Performance-wise, also not bad. She needs clean programs at selction events to get a ticket for the upcoming jgp.
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(14) Hyun soo Choi
-Born: 16. 12. 2003 / 14 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals, SP FS
-No 3-3, but nice performer on ice. She is a small skater but she has various personalities on ice. Sometimes she is so cute and lovely and sometimes she is very charismatic.
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(15) Bo young Kim
-Born: 02. 10. 2002 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals, but she did not advanced free skating there, so this is 2017 Ranking Competitions' vids a month before Nationals. SP FS
-She bombed at last season's jgp selections. That might be the hardest moment to her... and broken heart. She can jump quite big 3S-3T. (and it gets consistent)
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(16) Chae eun Noh
-Born: ?. ?. 2004
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals, SP FS
-She can jump consistent 3T-3T, but weakness was 3F as I remember? (okay it maybe 3Lz, I forgot..) She just missed a jgp ticket last season, but I hope she can grab it this time. Last season she medaled bronze at Asian Trophy Ad.Novice category with Alysa Liu(silver).
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
There will be more skaters to compete at JGP selections this summer, but I will end this post here I hope my analyzation can help you to enjoy the upcoming JGP selections
I think it's time to see which girls have the possibilities for upcoming junior grand prix to represent Korea. Who's next?
So I found some skaters who are very likely to fill the spots, which are 14, just like last season. So KSU decided to give it as 2 tickets for each 5 skaters, and 1 for each 4 skaters. (It means total 9 skaters got the chance for ISU jr events last season. They were all being selected at JGP selection event which usually held at late July to early August.) And I think it might be the same for this season again. So I made a list for possible 16 skaters to hop on the team.
*NOTE: I tried to write this thing as objective and gentle as I can, but maybe some of you will not fully satisfy for what I wrote about some skaters, but I do not have any mean intention to all of them so plz just see this as fun
*NOTE2: the Nationals were at early January, and the Winter Festival Competition were right after the Nationals.
First, we already have some knowned skaters who will meet their second (or third) JGP seasons.
(1) Young You
-Born: 27. 05. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 JWC, SP FS
-She has some decent skills and presents on ice, and made some enjoyable programs. But IMO she's not the kind of very consistent skater. Maybe it was because her first season for junior, so we have to see and wait how she will do this year. I guess she will take two tickets easily.
-Expected: 2 tickets
(2) Yelim Kim
-Born: 23. 01. 2003 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She has some nice jumps, including backloading and rippon tanos. Also there are very nice flows in her jumps. She has the potential to be medaled but she did not make the results yet. It might get her back to junior competitions instead of senior challengers. She is very consistent skater esp at domestic competitions, so she may win the JGP selection event again (like last season).
-Expected: 2 tickets
(3) Hanul Kim
-Born: 11. 04. 2002 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 WC (all blocked now:sad21:, So this is her 2018 PC Olympics vids SP FS)
-She gained international popularities since she competed both Olympics and Worlds. She made decent results at Worlds this season(15th place), but unless she got invited for senior grand prix for upcoming season(and it has low chance as I know?), she may get back to juniors again. Or she can go to senior challengers, instead of JGP, and it depends on her choice. But if Hanul decides to go back to junior circuit, then she will def get two tickets here.
-Expected: 2 tickets
(4) Ji hun To
-Born: 11. 08. 2003 / 14 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She is able to do 3Lz-3T and nice 3F-3T. Also her 2A-3T is great and her spins usually got level 4. But her main thing is def her presentation skills. She has lovely lines throughout the program(esp arms), and wonderful facial expression for her age. But she is very inconsistent skater compared to her domestic rivals, and it made her to get just one jgp ticket last season.(and she was also inconsistent there..) I hope this time she can change herself and get two tickets. Little doubt, but I know she can.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(5) Yunkyung Kam
-Born: 30. 04. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2017 JGP selection events (domestic)(it's almost a year ago), SP FS
-Oh my how I miss her... :sad21: She has really great jump skills and good flows, lovely and consistent 3Lz-3T, and her spins are just as great. However she had very significant injuries last season just after JGP selctions, and she just skipped the whole season. I heard that Yunkyung is now on ice for training since last month, so we will see how she can go up like last season. Miss her last season's programs(esp the beauty and the beast), so I just personally hope her to bring them again. (they are only being used once at that selection event! omg what a waste..)
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(6) Hyun soo Lee
-Born: 01. 07. 2002 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Yes you can see at her birth date, she just missed the home olympics due to one day. Anyway she did quite nice at last season's jgp selections and got two tickets. Maybe she can do that again? She has very nice 2A-3T, and performs it two times at her free skating. Not yet consistent 3-3 she has. She usually did one or two mistakes at her free skating. If she wants two jgp this time again, then she may not forgive any mistakes at selections.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets.
(7) Sohyun An
-Born: 28. 12. 2001 / 16 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Like Hanul, she may not appear to jgp selections and just go for senior challengers, but if she decides to do jgp again, then she is also one of a contender for jgp tickets. She sometimes has a under-rotation problems when she jumps, but sometimes not, so we have to see. She medaled bronze at Ice Stars(challenger event) at senior ladies category last season.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets.
And there are new faces who also expected to have a chance to grab two(or one) tickets.
(8) Hae in Lee (*debut season)
-Born: 16. 04. 2005 / 12 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP(this is her 2018 Nationals performance, and the sound is partially mute due to youtube policy) FS
-She finally has the chance to debut as internationally. She showed quite good consistency in domestic competitions, including 3Lz-3T and 3-1-3. She recently moved to coach Chi(former coach of Dabin Choi and current coach of Eunsoo Lim and Soyoun Park), to prepare her upcoming junior season. Her jumps are already effortless and looked good, but maybe coach Chi(who can teach jumps surely) can help her jumps to be better, like Eunsoo's.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(9) Seo young Wee (*debut season) (It might be Wi instead of Wee)
-Born: 15. 03. 2005 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She is quite consistent skater with 3Lz-3T and 2A-3T. And also very good and centered spinner, some of them reminds me of Yunkyung's. She earned Junior National title at 2018 Nationals with very big margin. She's lack of skating skills and presentation a bit, but if she continues to keep going with her consistent jumps, then she also can challenge for two spots for JGP next season.
-Expected: 1-2 tickets
(10) Seung been Yu (*debut season)
-Born: 07. 09. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Very inconsistent skater so I can't predict how she will perform at jgp selections. She has 3Lz-2T (not 3T yet) and 2A-3T but they are also inconsistent. She is very elegant and artistic skater, capable of using arms and shoulders.(Loved her FS from last season, Reflection!) She is also coached by coach Chi(yes, she teaches many good talents), and this fact makes me to think about Soyoun and Seung been's similarity in some aspects..
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
And for the last, there are some other skaters who aim for 1 ticket.
(11) Su been Jeon
-Born: 30. 05. 2003 / 14 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals SP FS
-Decent skater with decent tecniques, even though she does not have 3-3 yet. She got 1 jgp last season and was in top 10 at that event(JGP Brisbane). Also she medaled silver at Canada Autumn classic international's junior ladies category last season.
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(12) Eun bi Ko
-Born: 07. 03. 2003 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-Not a good or big jumper, but at last season's jgp selction event, she was a winner and took a ticket. As the results, she got the chance to perform at jgp Brisbane and did good there and also placed in top 10 with Su been. But she had rough time at the end of the season and totally ruined 2018 (senior) Nationals short program and couldn't advance to the free. Also shown a bad performance at Winter Festival Comp. Could she revenge and soar again?
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(13) So eun Choi
-Born: 11. 05. 2004 / 13 y.o.
-Recent Competition: Winter Festival Competition (domestic), SP FS
-She has quite good consistency at her jumps throughout the programs. Performance-wise, also not bad. She needs clean programs at selction events to get a ticket for the upcoming jgp.
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(14) Hyun soo Choi
-Born: 16. 12. 2003 / 14 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals, SP FS
-No 3-3, but nice performer on ice. She is a small skater but she has various personalities on ice. Sometimes she is so cute and lovely and sometimes she is very charismatic.
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(15) Bo young Kim
-Born: 02. 10. 2002 / 15 y.o.
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals, but she did not advanced free skating there, so this is 2017 Ranking Competitions' vids a month before Nationals. SP FS
-She bombed at last season's jgp selections. That might be the hardest moment to her... and broken heart. She can jump quite big 3S-3T. (and it gets consistent)
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
(16) Chae eun Noh
-Born: ?. ?. 2004
-Recent Competition: 2018 Nationals, SP FS
-She can jump consistent 3T-3T, but weakness was 3F as I remember? (okay it maybe 3Lz, I forgot..) She just missed a jgp ticket last season, but I hope she can grab it this time. Last season she medaled bronze at Asian Trophy Ad.Novice category with Alysa Liu(silver).
-Expected: 0-1 ticket
There will be more skaters to compete at JGP selections this summer, but I will end this post here I hope my analyzation can help you to enjoy the upcoming JGP selections