She has never planned to do Worlds and Sochi was supposed to be her last competition, IIRC.
You are right in that bowing out at the Olympics was always Yun-A's plan. But I thought that the controversy over the results at Sochi might have driven her on to do Worlds to prove a point.
This is my personal opinion, but I don't think she will be happy to be bowing out without winning in the process.
South Korea has 3 spots for Worlds this year.
Oh! I didn't realise that. I thought they just had the 2.
All the more reason for Yun-A going, then! I'm surprised that the Korean Federation is letting one of their 3 slots go to waste when they have enough good skaters to fill them!
Because, let's face it, if Yun-A is there, Korea will have more of a chance of keeping all the slots than if she isn't. The youngsters they are sending are good and have a lot of potential, but they are not quite good enough to get near the Top 10 just yet!
He's been struggling with injuries.
And yeah, I know about Takahashi's injury woes. But after his performance at Sochi (OK, so it wasn't the podium his fans were hoping for. But 6th is still pretty good, especially considering his problems in recent months), I hoped he might have been sufficiently fit to mount a podium challenge this time.
But, as I said, Japan still has a VERY good Men's team! So, they might still get one or even 2 guys on the podium in Saitama.
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