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Youth Olympics, Like Yuna Kim… Figure Skating Shin Ji-ah Begins Rivalry with ‘Mao’
Japan's Mao Shimada, Japan's rising star in the fourth round.
Shin Ji-ah, named after Mao Asada, challenges for the gold medal with her acting skills and perfection… I also support Yuna Kim
The rising stars, who are considered the future of figure skating between Korea and Japan, will compete in a friendly rivalry at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics (Gangwon 2024).
The main characters are Shin Ji-ah (Youngdong Middle School), who stands tall as the leading figure of Korean women's singles figure skating, and Mao Shimada, the next generation star of Japanese figure women's singles. 카지노사이트킹
At 4:10 p.m. on the 28th, the two will participate in the short program, the first match of the Gangwon 2024 Figure Skating Women's Singles event, at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangwon-do, where the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics were held, and at 11:30 a.m. on the 30th, they will compete in the free skating where the medal will be decided.
The two players, who were born in 2008 and are the same age, have competed for the gold medal on major international stages for the past two years.
The result was that Shin Ji-ah was slightly pushed back.
Shin Jia ranked second after Shimada at the 2022-2023 International Skating Union (ISU) Junior World Championships, Junior Grand Prix Final, and 2023-2024 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Shin Ji-ah performed a beautiful performance with high-quality acting skills and calm and stable techniques, but she was unable to surpass Shimada, who had advanced skills.
Shimada is Japan's proud next-generation figure skating star.
Not only does he perform a triple axel, which involves three and a half rotations, he also performs a quadruple rotation jump, which is difficult for even senior male athletes to do.
At the Junior World Championships held in February last year, he received a whopping 224.54 points.
It is more than 18 points higher than Shin Ji-ah’s official highest score (206.01 points).
However, Shin Ji-ah has the potential to surpass Shimada in this competition.
This is because he has the home advantage and is on the rise, narrowing the gap with Shimada to less than 6 points in the Junior Grand Prix Final held in December last year.
The rivalry between the two players attracts even more attention as it reminds us of the rivalry between Yuna Kim and Mao Asada that took place at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Shimada's name, coincidentally, is ‘Mao', the same as Asada's.
Shimada's mother was a big fan of Asada, so she named her daughter Mao.
Shin Ji-ah is figure skating queen Kim Yu-na's favorite junior.
Shin Ji-ah has the same agency as Kim Yu-na (All That Sports), and she always chose ‘Kim Yu-na’ as her role model.
There is a possibility that Yuna Kim can watch Shin Ji-ah competing with Mao on the field.
However, this competition may be the last ‘Olympic rivalry' between Shin Jia and Shimada.
Shin Jia can participate in the 20026 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, but Shimada cannot.
The ISU raised the age for participation in senior international competitions from 15 to 17 due to the issue of Kamila Valieva (Russia), which caused a drug controversy at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Only athletes who are over 17 years old as of July 1st before the Olympics can participate.
Shin Jia was born in March 2008, and Shimada was born in October 2008.
Shin Jia got the chance to participate in the Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics four months apart, and Shimada lost his chance to participate in the Olympics three months apart.
Shin Ji-ah's position is that she will not pay much attention to the rivalry with Shimada.
He strengthened his resolve to focus only on his acting.
In a recent interview, he said, “I will deliver a satisfactory match by achieving high scores in artistic aspects such as facial expressions.”
There are also players who have challenged the rivalry between the two players.
The dark horse is Kim Yu-seong (14, Pyeongchon Middle School).
Kim Yu-seong, who performs the difficult triple axel, is a promising athlete who won silver medals in both Junior Grand Prix competitions in the 2023-2024 season and is highly likely to win this competition.
Korea also expects a medal in the men's singles.
Kim Hyeon-gyeom (Han Advertising), who is considered a potential successor to Cha Jun-hwan, will challenge for the prize.
For the men's singles, the short program will be held on the 27th and the free skating will be held on the 29th.
Ice dancers Jinni Kim and Namu Lee are also determined to impress their home fans with their great performances.
Korea will also participate in the figure skating team competition held on February 1st.
The existing team competition consists of four events, including men's and women's singles, ice dance, and pairs, but in this competition, the scores for the men's and women's singles and team events are combined to determine rankings. 카지노사이트 백링크
For teams that participate in both ice dance and pair teams, the higher of the two team scores is added together.
