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[스포츠조선 김성원 기자]Seo Min-gyu (16, Gyeongshin High School), the future of Korean male figure skating, wrote a new history. He became the first Korean male athlete to win a gold medal at the Junior World Championships.
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Seo Min-gyu recorded 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. In addition to the score of 80.58 points in the short program held the previous day, he took first place with a total score of 230.75 points.
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Japan’s Rio Nakata (Japan, 229.31 points), 1.44 points behind Seo Min-gyu, took second place, and Adam Hagara (Slovakia, 225.61 points) took third place. Seo Min-gyu is the first Korean athlete to stand on the podium in the men’s singles world junior championship.
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It has been 18 years since Yuna Kim (retired) in 2006 that both male and female athletes have won this competition. Korean men’s singles star Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University) did not win a medal at the Junior World Championships.
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Min-gyu Seo, who started skating 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, earning a base score of 9.30 points and a performance score (GOE) of 1.37 points. The triple axel solo jump was disappointing as the jump was shaky and was treated as a single jump in the first round, but it did not waver. He calmly completed the triple loop cleanly.
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Seo Min-gyu, who caught his breath by performing the Flying Camel Spin at level 4, improved the perfection of his acting with a quick change foot combination spin (level 4) following the Coreo sequence. He also handled the triple flip-triple toe loop combination jump without wavering.
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The acting in the second half, which was worth 10% extra points, wasn’t bad either. After performing the triple lutz flawlessly, she calmly performed the triple flip-double axel-double axel sequence jump. Seo Min-gyu, who completed the final jump, the triple salchow, without any deductions, finished his performance by performing the change foot sit spin at level 4. Seo Min-gyu, who confirmed his first place score in Kiss and Cry Zone, jumped up and clenched his fists to express the joy of his victory.
Jae-Geun Lee (Suri High School), who also competed, ranked 6th with a total score of 212.22 points. In the ice dance free dance held on the same day, the team of Ji-ni Kim and Namu Lee (Gyeonggi Provincial Skating Federation) ranked 16th with a total score of 134.43 points.
Seo Min-gyu said through his management company All That Sports, “Winning a gold medal in my first World Junior Championships still feels like a dream and I am so happy that I can’t express it in words.” He added, “It was unfortunate that I made one mistake in the free skating, but I am working on each and every task ahead. “I tried to focus and performed perfectly, so it was a satisfying game,” he said.
He smiled and said, “I’m really happy that I was able to take first place. I’m really grateful to those who always supported me and came all the way to Taiwan to support me.”
Seo Min-gyu, who finished the competition, returns to Korea on the 4th. Reporter Kim Seong-won newsme@sportschosun.com
2024-03-03 06:06:18
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