Figure IM Joo-Heon shines on debut in Junior GP men's singles silver medal

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Men's singles figure skating prospect Lim Joo-heon

Hwang Jung-yul, born in 2010, medaled in women's singles in 5th place on Saturday
Korean figure is in golden age of medal streak at Junior GPs 1-4

Another figure skating hopeful has emerged.

Men's singles prospect Lim Joo-heon (Surigyo) won a silver medal at the fourth International Ice Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix 2023.

Lim earned a technical score (TES) of 70.40, 토토사이트 a performance score (PCS) of 72.17 and a total score of 142.57 in the men's single free skate on Friday in Osaka, Japan.

He added a short program score of 75.38 points for a final total of 217.86 points, placing second behind François Pitot (219.86 points-FR).

This was Lim's first time competing in an ISU-organized event. He exceeded expectations in his debut.

Lim performed his first task, a triple axel-triple toe-loop combination jump, flawlessly. His landing was slightly wobbly and he did not receive a GOE, but this was not penalized.

He followed that up with a clean triple axel and a clean triple lutz-double axel-double axel sequence jump.

The flying change foot combination spin was handled as a level 4.

I made a mistake on the last jump task of the first half. On the triple flip-double toe-loop combination jump, he had landing issues and couldn't land the double toe-loop.

However, Lim showed his mettle and executed the next task, a triple lutz with a double toe loop, to avoid the worst.

His subsequent performance was a bit disappointing.

The triple loop resulted in a quarter-landing (a jump that falls short of the 90-degree level of rotation), and the triple salko was ruled under-rotated (a jump that falls short of the 90-degree level of rotation by more than 90 but less than 180 degrees).

After completing all of his jumping tasks, Lim finished his performance with a change foot combination spin (level 4), 스포츠토토 a change foot sit spin (level 3), and a correo sequence.

His partner, Lee Jae-geun (Surigyo), finished in sixth place with a final total of 193.43 points.

South Korea has swept the medals at every Junior Grand Prix event this season.

In addition to a strong women's singles program, the team has also exceeded expectations in men's singles and ice dance.

In the women's singles at the first Junior Grand Prix event, Kim Yoo-sung (silver - Pyeongchon Middle School), Han Hee-soo (bronze - Sunil Girls Middle School), and the ice dance team of Kim Ji-nee and In-moo (bronze - Gyeonggi-do Ice Sports Federation) won silver, while in the second event, Kim Hyun-gyeom (Han AD) won silver, Shin Jia (Yeongdong Middle School) won gold, and Kwon Min-sol (Mokdong Middle School) won bronze.

In the third round, men's singles Min Seong-kyu (Gyeongshin) won the title and Kim Yoo-jae (Pyeongchon) won the bronze medal.

Figure skating hopeful Hwang Jung-yul

South Korea will be hoping for more medals at the Games.

Earlier in the day, in the women's single short program, Hwang Jeong-ryul (Sangmyeongjoong), a 2010-born prospect, finished fifth with a TES score of 34.97, a PCS score of 26.12 and a total score of 61.09.

She is just 1.70 points behind third-place KUSHIDA Ikura (62.79 points-Japan) and could medal depending on how she performs in the free skate on Saturday.

In first place is Japan's Mao Shimada (73.78 points), who won both the Junior World Championships and the Junior Grand Prix Final last season.

Her compatriot Han Hee-soo finished 15th with 51.07 points. 스포츠토토맨

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