2014-15 South Korean National (Jan. 7 to 9)

I think it maybe a good idea to make a new thread about S.K National.
This time, they have admission fee just like last national which Yuna competed.
It's 9 dollars per day. This event will hold at Mokdong Ice Rink, which is the same place as 4CC this year.

Here's entries, event schedule and starting order.
All top skaters are participate.

Junior ladies
Starting order / Name
Group 1
1 Min-ju Kim
2 Ho-min Seo
3 Hyo-rim Yoon
4 So-yeon Park
5 Ye-ju Oh

Group 2
6 Da-hye Choi
7 Hannah Lee
8 Su-wan Lee
9 Min-jeong Shim
10 Hyun-seo Kim

Group 3
11 Ka-eun Kim
12 Kyo-hee Jeon
13 Min-seon You
14 Jin-seo Kim
15 Eun-bin Seo

Group 4
16 Da-hyun Lee
17 Su-hyun Kim
18 Ye-lin Mun
19 Yu-bin Cho
20 Jung-min Lee
21 Su-bin Jeon

Group 5
22 Da-eun Sung
23 Min-ji Ji
24 Ju-eun Kim
25 Sae-rom Lee
26 Seo-hyun Choi
27 Sun-jung Ko

Group 6
28 Hyo-jin Park
29 Jong-ah Baek
30 Chae-young Kim
31 Yeo-jin Byun
32 Si-jin Yang
33 Eun-sol Jang

Group 7
34 Min-ji Bae
35 Kyoung-yeon Shim
36 In-young Park
37 Chae-rin You
38 So-yeon Wu
39 Bo-young Kim

Group 8
40 Ji-won Bang
41 Ji-won Lee
42 Min-seo Yoon
43 Yi-bin Jeon
44 Hyun-su Lee
45 Si-won Lee

Group 9
46 Min-ji Jung
47 Yi-hwan Kwon
48 Ji-hoon Do
49 Na-young Kim
50 Mi-sun Park
51 Hae-in Lee

Group 10
52 Kyoung-ah Cho
53 Ye-na Kwon
54 Tae-yeon Lee
55 Su-min Kang
56 Min-young Lee
57 Jinju Choi


What a number! :shocked: They should do the preliminaries next year.


Junior Men
Starting order / Name
Group 1
1 Gun-mo Kim
2 Hyoung-tae Kim
3 Sang-woo Kim


Junior Ice Dance
Starting order / Name
Group 1
1 Hojung Lee / Richard Kang-in Kam


Pair (Demonstrating)
Starting order / Name
Group 1
1 Yu-jin Jung / Luca Dematte
2 Hwi Choi / Luiz Manella


Senior Ladies
Starting order / Name
Group 1
1 Ha-yeon Choi
2 So-yeon Lim
3 Won-hee Choi
4 Kyoung-won Park
5 Ha-rim Yoon
6 Ji-eun Lim

Group 2
7 Ji-youn Lee
8 Young You
9 Chae-young Park
10 Yeo-jin Song
11 Ye-rim Kim
12 Yu-jin Choi

Group 3
13 Seo-hyun Son
14 Yeon-su Lee
15 Sun-min Yoon
16 Hyun-su Jang
17 Seo-young Lee
18 Se-bin Park

Group 4
19 Ha-nul Kim
20 Se-hee Jeon
21 Ko-eun Park
22 Eun-soo Yoon
23 Hee-soo Cho
24 Min-ji Choi

Group 5
25 So-hyun An
26 Eun-soo Lim
27 Ye-ri Kim
28 Song-joo Chae
29 Ji-hyun Byun
30 Sena Kim

Group 6
31 Ah-hyun Lim
32 Hae-jin Kim
33 Na-hyun Kim
34 Kyu-eun Kim
35 Dabin Choi
36 So-youn Park


Senior Men
Starting order / Name
Group 1
1 Si-hyung Lee
2 Sung-hoon Park
3 Dong-won Lee
4 Gun-hyung Ahn

Group 2
5 June-hyoung Lee
6 Jin-seo Kim
7 Min-seok Kim
8 Jun-hwan Cha
9 Se-jong Byun


Time schedule (KST GMT +09:00)
January 7th
Starting Order
6:00 6:30 Junior Ladies 1 ~ 8 Practice
6:30 7:00 Junior Ladies 9 ~ 16 Practice
7:00 7:30 Junior Ladies 17 ~ 24 Practice
7:30 7:45 Resurfacing Ice
7:45 8:15 Junior Ladies 25 ~ 32 Practice
8:15 8:45 Junior Ladies 33 ~ 40 Practice
8:45 9:15 Junior Ladies 41 ~ 48 Practice
9:15 9:30 Resurfacing Ice
9:30 10:00 Junior Ladies 49 ~ 57 Practice
9:30 10:00 Junior Men / Senior Men 1 ~ 3 / 1 ~ 3 Practice
10:00 10:30 Senior Men 4 ~ 9 Practice
10:30 11:00 Resurfacing Ice
11:00 11:06 Junior Ladies Short 1 ~ 5 Warm-up
11:06 11:36 Junior Ladies Short 1 ~ 5 Competition
11:36 11:42 Junior Ladies Short 6 ~ 10 Warm-up
11:42 12:12 Junior Ladies Short 6 ~ 10 Competition
12:12 12:30 Resurfacing Ice
12:30 12:36 Junior Ladies Short 11 ~ 15 Warm-up
12:36 13:06 Junior Ladies Short 11 ~ 15 Competition
13:06 13:12 Junior Ladies Short 16 ~ 21 Warm-up
13:12 13:42 Junior Ladies Short 16 ~ 21 Competition
13:42 14:00 Resurfacing Ice
14:00 14:06 Junior Ladies Short 22 ~ 27 Warm-up
14:06 14:36 Junior Ladies Short 22 ~ 27 Competition
14:36 14:42 Junior Ladies Short 28 ~ 33 Warm-up
14:42 15:12 Junior Ladies Short 28 ~ 33 Competition
15:12 15:30 Resurfacing Ice
15:30 15:36 Junior Ladies Short 34 ~ 39 Warm-up
15:36 16:06 Junior Ladies Short 34 ~ 39 Competition
16:06 16:12 Junior Ladies Short 40 ~ 45 Warm-up
16:12 16:42 Junior Ladies Short 40 ~ 45 Competition
16:42 17:00 Resurfacing Ice
17:00 17:06 Junior Ladies Short 46 ~ 51 Warm-up
17:06 17:36 Junior Ladies Short 46 ~ 51 Competition
17:36 17:42 Junior Ladies Short 52 ~ 57 Warm-up
17:42 18:12 Junior Ladies Short 52 ~ 57 Competition
18:12 18:30 Resurfacing Ice
18:30 18:36 Junior Men Short 1 ~ 3 Warm-up
18:36 18:50 Junior Men Short 1 ~ 3 Competition
18:50 18:56 Senior Men Short 1 ~ 4 Warm-up
18:56 19:20 Senior Men Short 1 ~ 4 Competition
19:20 19:14 Resurfacing Ice
19:14 19:20 Senior Men Short 5 ~ 9 Warm-up
19:20 19:40 Senior Men 5 ~ 9 Competition
19:40 20:00 Resurfacing Ice
20:00 20:45 Ice Dance Practice
20:45 21:00 Resurfacing Ice
21:00 21:45 Pair Skating Practice

January 8th
Starting Order
6:00 6:30 Senior Ladies 1 ~ 6 Practice
6:30 7:00 Senior Ladies 7 ~ 12 Practice
7:00 7:30 Senior Ladies 13 ~ 18 Practice
7:30 7:45 Resurfacing Ice
7:45 8:15 Senior Ladies 19 ~ 24 Practice
8:15 8:45 Senior Ladies 25 ~ 30 Practice
8:45 9:15 Senior Ladies 31 ~ 36 Practice
9:15 9:30 Resurfacing Ice
9:30 10:00 Ice Dance 1 Practice
10:00 10:30 Junior Men 1 ~ 3 Practice
10:30 11:00 Resurfacing Ice
11:08 11:14 Senior Ladies Short 1 ~ 6 Warm-up
11:14 11:44 Senior Ladies Short 1 ~ 6 Competition
11:44 11:50 Senior Ladies Short 7 ~ 12 Warm-up
11:50 12:20 Senior Ladies Short 7 ~ 12 Competition
12:20 12:38 Resurfacing Ice
12:38 12:44 Senior Ladies Short 13 ~ 18 Warm-up
12:44 13:14 Senior Ladies Short 13 ~ 18 Competition
13:14 13:20 Senior Ladies Short 19 ~ 24 Warm-up
13:20 13:50 Senior Ladies Short 19 ~ 24 Competition
13:50 14:20 Resurfacing Ice
14:20 14:26 Senior Ladies Short 25 ~ 30 Warm-up
14:26 15:02 Senior Ladies Short 25 ~ 30 Competition
15:02 15:08 Senior Ladies Short 31 ~ 36 Warm-up
15:08 15:44 Senior Ladies Short 31 ~ 36 Competition
15:44 16:00 Resurfacing Ice
16:00 16:05 Ice Dance Short 1 Warm-up
16:05 16:10 Ice Dance Short 1 Competition
16:10 16:16 Pair Skating Demonstration 1 ~ 2 Warm-up
16:16 16:20 Pair Skating Demonstration 1 ~ 2 Demonstration
16:20 16:40 Resurfacing Ice
16:40 16:46 Junior Ladies Free 1 ~ 6 Warm-up
16:46 17:22 Junior Ladies Free 1 ~ 6 Competition
17:22 17:28 Junior Ladies Free 7 ~ 12 Warm-up
17:28 18:04 Junior Ladies Free 7 ~ 12 Competition
18:04 18:20 Resurfacing Ice
18:20 18:26 Junior Ladies Free 13 ~ 18 Warm-up
18:26 19:02 Junior Ladies Free 13 ~ 18 Competition
19:02 19:08 Junior Ladies Free 19 ~ 24 Warm-up
19:08 19:44 Junior Ladies Free 19 ~ 24 Competition
19:44 20:00 Resurfacing Ice
20:00 20:06 Junior Men Free 1 ~ 3 Warm-up
20:06 20:20 Junior Men Free 1 ~ 3 Competition
20:20 20:40 Resurfacing Ice
20:40 21:10 Senior Men Free 1 ~ 4 Practice
21:10 21:40 Senior Men Free 5 ~ 9 Practice
21:40 22:00 Resurfacing Ice
22:00 23:00 Ice Dance 1 Practice

January 9th
Starting Order
6:00 6:30 Senior Ladies 1 ~ 5 Practice
6:30 7:00 Senior Ladies 6 ~ 10 Practice
7:00 7:30 Senior Ladies 11 ~12 Practice
7:30 7:45 Resurfacing Ice
7:45 8:15 Senior Ladies 19 ~ 24 Practice
8:15 8:45 Senior Men 1 ~ 4 Practice
8:45 9:15 Senior Men 5 ~ 9 Practice
9:15 9:30 Resurfacing Ice
9:30 10:00 Ice Dance 1 Practice
10:00 10:30 Resurfacing Ice
10:54 11:00 Senior Men Free 1 ~ 4 Warm-up
11:00 11:34 Senior Men Free 1 ~ 4 Competition
11:34 11:40 Senior Men Free 5 ~ 9 Warm-up
11:40 12:10 Senior Men Free 5 ~ 9 Competition
12:10 12:26 Resurfacing Ice
12:26 12:32 Senior Ladies Free 1 ~ 6 Warm-up
12:32 13:08 Senior Ladies Free 1 ~ 6 Competition
13:08 13:14 Senior Ladies Free 6 ~ 12 Warm-up
13:14 13:44 Senior Ladies Free 6 ~ 12 Competition
13:44 14:04 Resurfacing Ice
14:04 14:10 Senior Ladies Free 13 ~ 18 Warm-up
14:10 14:50 Senior Ladies Free 13 ~ 18 Competition
14:50 14:56 Senior Ladies Free 19 ~ 24 Warm-up
14:56 15:30 Senior Ladies Free 19 ~ 24 Competition
15:40 16:00 Ceremony on Ice
16:00 16:15 Resurfacing Ice
16:15 16:20 Ice Dance Free 1 Warm-up
16:20 16:25 Ice Dance Free 1 Competition
16:30 16:40 Ceremony on Ice
16:40 17:00 Resurfacing Ice & Preparation
17:00 18:00 Gala


The main points to watch IMO:
1) Can So-youn acheive goal: her first national champion?
2) Who'll take two tickets for junior world? (Senior world lady participants are already determined: So-youn and Hae-jin)
3) Who'll take one ticket for senior world (men)? (Jin-seo or June-hyoung)
4) Can jun-hwan Cha get the spot for national team before his junior grand prix debut? (If he can get medal or fourth place in here)
5) How young talented girls improved? (last national competition's junior medalists: Eun-soo Lim, Ye-rim Kim, So-hyun An) They competed Senior this time.
6) See new Ice dance and Pair teams.

I think that's enough.



Results in Korean

DAUM VIDEOS WILL BE HERE


Videos and Results thread

seabm said:

Nirti said:

Is there a link to protocols or full results?

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There is a zipped file you can download for Friday's results: {Jan.9}

http://www.skating.or.kr/download/download.do?fileName=3rd.zip&dir=game


For Thursday's results: {Jan.8}

http://www.skating.or.kr/download/download.do?fileName=69th_2day.zip&dir=game


For Wednesday's results: {Jan. 7}

http://www.skating.or.kr/download/download.do?fileName=여자주니어쇼트결과.zip&dir=game

http://www.skating.or.kr/download/download.do?fileName=남자주니어, 시니어 쇼트 결과.zip&dir=game

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Thanks for the info!
Cha Jun Hwan has a good chance to medal. Kim Jin Seo and Lee June Hyoung are the only skaters that have clearly higher tech content than CJH, who doesn't really need to fully rotate the 3a or 3-3 to beat the other men.
I'm particularly excited for the pairs. Watched a bit of Choi/Manella's training vids and I'm quite surprised at their progress, since they are not just a new pair but also both first time pair skaters. KSU giving a call to Steuer was one of the few smart things they did.

Thank you! Waiting anxiously to see So Youn!

that is a lot of groups go so youn!

Wow the event is packed!!

57 Junior girls and 36 senior ladies!!! Bit different from Yuna's days when there were something like only 5 in the national championship.

Figure skating is alive and healthy in Korea! Good luck everyone!

I am quite keen to see Jun Hwan do too, I see bit of that star quality I see in a young Hanyu They even got the same mushroom haircut!

LOL, 57 junior girls vs 3 junior boys

os168 said:

Wow the event is packed!!

57 Junior girls and 36 senior ladies!!! Bit different from Yuna's days when there were something like only 5 in the national championship.

Figure skating is alive and healthy in Korea! Good luck everyone!

I am quite keen to see Jun Hwan do too, I see bit of that star quality I see in a young Hanyu They even got the same mushroom haircut!

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you know what Asian male skaters are all mushrooms just different kind.
Yuzuru: button mushroom
jimbo: golden needle mushroom
Hanee: jellyfish (mushroom of the sea)
what kinda mushroom is baby JunHwan :scratch:
EDIT: btw, we need a cute nickname for baby junhwan, his name is kinda long, any creative korean fans here please help.

Look at these entries..............

it's gonna be a loooong day for those who's watching. Gonna light some candles for some good luck to everyone

Also, thanks Hailey for the info
do you also know if SBS/KBS/MBC is planning to broadcast some part of the events?

Also, I agree that they should do some preliminary contest or make one of the preceding competitions (ex. the Winter Sports Festival) be a preliminary competition. I'm also concerned on why can't they hold the senior events and the junior events at different dates.... :think:

sunny_stars said:

it's gonna be a loooong day for those who's watching. Gonna light some candles for some good luck to everyone

Also, thanks Hailey for the info
do you also know if SBS/KBS/MBC is planning to broadcast some part of the events?

Also, I agree that they should do some preliminary contest or make one of the preceding competitions (ex. the Winter Sports Festival) be a preliminary competition. I'm also concerned on why can't they hold the senior events and the junior events at different dates.... :think:

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KBS2 broadcasted it last year, so I expect them to broadcast it again. Information should pop up a few days before the event. I'm looking at some information from last year's nationals and there should be a livestream (probably geoblocked) and also a Daum Sports page where videos should go up (like at the ranking competition earlier this month).

I guess it costs money to rent out those rinks so they stuff everything within three days. I agree that there should be qualifiers, there are so many ladies entries...

i cant wait to see so youn, guess she is favourite for gold medal also baby junhwan and hwi choi i really likes her SP this year as juniors, wishing her good luck as pair skater! thanks for all the information and updates, hopefull there will be broadcast and we can watch outside of korea even though there are so many young girls

I didn't realize Hwi Choi was the skater tapped to try pairs out! I like her skating a lot, great wishes for her in pairs!!

..wow

Yuna's effect is HUGE! look at the ladies' entries number!! maybe in the near future someone on the men's entry will be able to inspire the boys to figure skate!
this will be interesting to watch

This is going to be fun. Go Yunakids!

Wow. Looking at the entries, I can imagine that Korea will be one of the stronger nations in FS in a couple of years.

This development would be quicker if KSU begins investing more.... :scowl:

Does anyone know how easy or hard it is for foreigners to get SK citizenship? I see that both pairs teams are 1 SK + 1 foreign male team. Will they be able to compete ate Pyeongchang?

^^ SK does not even have enough male single skaters let alone male partner for pairs and dance. As far as I know, SK allow dual citizenship.

AprilS said:

Does anyone know how easy or hard it is for foreigners to get SK citizenship? I see that both pairs teams are 1 SK + 1 foreign male team. Will they be able to compete ate Pyeongchang?

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It wouldn't be too hard; South Korea made it easier to get dual citizenship in 2010. Two of the categories that make applicants eligible for dual citizenship include:
1. Foreigners with exceptional talent and
2. Foreigners with important contribution to Korea.

I definitely think it's doable if the KSU pushes for it!

Guys will not come to Korea because of military requirement.