Korean male athletes of all time
Kim Hyun-gyeom is saying hello after finishing his performance in the KB Financial Korea Figure Skating Championships 2023 men's single free skating competition held at the Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 8th.
Kim Hyeon-gyeom (Han Advertising), a promising figure skating figure in Korea, achieved the best performance among Korean male athletes ever at the Grand Prix Final stage.
Kim Hyun-gyeom received 146.60 points, including 75.03 technical points (TES), 72.57 artistic points (PCS), and 1 deduction, in the men's single free skating at the 2023-24 International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix Final held in Beijing, China on the 9th. .
Kim Hyun-gyeom, who previously received 77.01 points in the short program, won the silver medal with a total score of 223.61 points, following Japan's Rio Nakata (227.77 points).
In men's figure singles, there had been no Junior Grand Prix Final medal since Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University, 3rd place in 2016), but Kim Hyun-gyeom won a medal with a higher ranking than Cha Jun-hwan for the first time in 7 years.
On the 8th, Shin Ji-ah (Yeongdong Middle School) won a silver medal in women's singles, and Kim Hyun-gyeom also won a silver medal, making it the first time in Korean figure skating that both male and female athletes reached the podium in the finals.
She placed first in the short program, and Kim Hyeon-gyeom went into the free skate with her innermost hopes of winning gold.
However, he fell in the first jump, the quadruple toe loop (4th turn), and his point of execution (GOE) was reduced by 4.75 points.
Other than this, Kim Hyun-gyeom played flawlessly.
However, Kim Hyun-gyeom had to be satisfied with second place as his competitor Nakata received additional points in all five jump elements, including the quadruple toe loop and triple axel-triple-toe loop combination jump.
Meanwhile, Lim Joo-heon (Suri High School) unfortunately failed to win the prize with a total score of 209.99 points (4th place). 스포츠토토맨