Figure skating Seo Min-gyu, surprise gold medal at Junior World Championships First Korean man

Figure skating star Seo Min-gyu

Figure skating men's singles rising star Min-gyu Seo (15, scheduled to enter Gyeongshin High School) won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships, becoming the first Korean man to do so.

Seo Min-gyu received a technical score (TES) of 73.45 points, artistic score (PCS) of 76.72 points, and a total of 150.17 points in the men's single free skating at the 2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Junior World Championships held at the Taipei Arena in Taiwan on the 2nd.

He received a final total score of 230.75 points, including 80.58 points in the short program, and won, beating Rio Nakata (Japan, 229.31 points) in second place and Adam Hagara (Slovakia, 225.61 points) in third place.

This is the first time that a Korean player has reached the men's singles podium at the Junior World Championships.It has been 18 years since Yuna Kim (retired) in 2006 that both male and female athletes have won this competition.

Even Korean men's singles star Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University) failed to win a medal at the Junior World Championships.

However, it is true that the status of the Junior World Championships is lower than that of the Senior Championships because most male single figure skaters reach their prime after their 20s.

It is different from single women who reach their prime in their late teens.

Seo Min-gyu, who started his performance to the original soundtrack of the free skating program Notre Dame de Paris, neatly performed his first jump task, a triple Axel-double toe loop combination jump.

Subsequently, the triple axel solo jump was treated as a single jump, which was the first round, leaving a mark of disappointment.

However, Seo Min-gyu was not greatly shaken.He calmly and cleanly completed the triple loop.

Seo Min-gyu, who caught his breath with the Flying Camel Spin, improved the quality of his acting with a quick change foot combination spin following the Coreo sequence.

The acting in the second half, which was worth 10% extra points, wasn't bad either.

He handled the triple flip-triple toe loop combination jump without any hesitation and immediately jumped the triple Lutz flawlessly.

The triple flip-double axel-double axel sequence jump was also neat.

Seo Min-gyu, who performed the final jump, the triple salchow, finished his performance with a level change foot sit spin.

Seo Min-gyu, who confirmed his first place score in Kiss & Cry Zone, jumped up and clenched his fists to express his joy of winning.

Lee Jae-geun (Suri High School), who also competed in the same event, ranked 6th with a total score of 212.22 points.

In the ice dance free dance held on the same day, the pair of Ji-ni Kim and Namu Lee (Gyeonggi Provincial Skating Federation) ranked 16th with a total score of 134.43 points.

사설토토; https://www.sportstotomen.com