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Post by Admin on Jan 6, 2020 22:06:22 GMT
You Young has won the South Korean figure skating championships, her fourth national title, continuing a successful international debut senior year.  The 15-year-old, who has a triple Axel in her arsenal, scored 143.67 points in Sunday's (5 January) free skate for a total of 220.20 points. It was also her third consecutive national title, with her other win coming in 2016. Cha Junhwan won the men's title. Earlier this season, You took bronze at Skate Canada before coming fourth at the Cup of China in her first two senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating events. Her next assignment will be the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, where she is one of the favourites to win gold in the girls' singles. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 7, 2020 1:53:05 GMT
Triple Axel You became the first South Korean female skater to land a ratified triple Axel in senior competition earlier this season. It was a jump she repeated at the Korean nationals, landing it in her short program. That program included four triple jumps, the maximum allowed under current ISU rules, as she also pulled off a triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination and a triple flip.  All three of her scores in nationals – short program, free skate, and total – surpassed her official ISU best scores, although the international governing body does not recognise scores from national championships. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 7, 2020 20:31:27 GMT
From PyeongChang to Lausanne
You is no stranger to the world of the Olympics.
In the lead-up to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in her native South Korea, the figure skater was the first to carry the Olympic torch during the South Korean portion of the Olympic Torch Relay, doing so when the Olympic Flame landed in Incheon on 1 November 2017.
The 15-year-old, who spent her early years in Singapore where her parents worked before moving back to South Korea, won the national selection trials for the upcoming Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in October, despite popping her triple Axel attempt in that competition.
There, she will be one of the favourites for gold, with her main challenger likely to be Russia's Ksenia Sinitsyna, who was fifth at last month's senior Russian championships.
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Post by Admin on Jan 14, 2020 21:31:14 GMT
A clean routine earned her 140.49 points for a combined score of 214. Her closest competitors, from Russia, were undone by errors in their respective routines.  Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS) scored 128.26 points to maintain her second place from the short programme and take silver, while her compatriot Anna Frolova’s fourth place was enough for her to secure the bronze overall.  As the last to take to the ice, You said she knew all eyes were on her. “I was honestly kind of nervous before my skate,” she said at the Lausanne Skating Arena. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 15, 2020 20:41:11 GMT
“But I tried to keep thinking that this is just a practice, not a competition, and I think that helped me.” The 15-year-old opened her routine with one of the most powerful weapons in her arsenal, the triple axel. She was already the first figure skater from her nation to pull off the high-scoring jump in senior competition. “I’m happy with my triple axel, but I didn’t have a chance to put my triple toe in the second half,” You said. “Instead of a double axel-triple toe, I just did a double axel-double toe, but I think it’s a good way to be mistake-free.  “I’m a little disappointed in that, but I’ll practise more and avoid that in future,” You said. You had arrived in Lausanne just days after competing in the Rep. Korean national championships, where she won her fourth national title. “I think I did pretty good here even without getting to rest. I’m happy with the result today and I’m very thankful that my fans keep watching me and cheering me on,” she said.  “Everything was OK earlier during practice, and I thought I could do it. I don’t know why this happened. Silver is good, but I’m still a little disappointed,” Sinitsyna said. Frolova declined to blame her disappointment on nerves. “It’s just me, I didn’t do my best. I didn’t do all the jumps I wanted to do. I’ve learnt from this experience that I want to go to the Olympic Games again, because it’s just a magical atmosphere here,” she said.  For someone who spent several years growing up in Singapore and was there when the city hosted the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, this seemed like a victory that had come full circle. You now has her sights set on the big stage when Beijing hosts the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. “My plan is to land a quad in Beijing if I can, and I want to do a clean programme there,” she said. Russia’s skaters were visibly disappointed with their showing. Frolova had two points deducted for falls, while Sinitsyna had a point docked for time violation. |
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