2026-27 South Korean Figure Skating

[cocteautwin]

Ye Quan looks to be announcing a partnership soon (with KSU tagged):

Oh, that's great! I'm super curious who's he partnering with (I've no clue at all). Good to see he's (possibly) staying with KSU, I think it's better option for him than Canada and it's very beneficial for Korea to have a senior team.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

I saw the post too but didn't notice the KSU tag...this is interesting. I wonder who his partner is

 

[4everchan]

I had the feeling he would stay with ksu

 

[Ichatdelune]

Bless Monsieur Ye Quan and his new partner, the quotas for senior ice dance will actually get used

 

[Ichatdelune]

I saw the post too but didn't notice the KSU tag...this is interesting. I wonder who his partner is

I'm only guessing here but I'm betting on a Korean-Canadian, Canada apparently has plenty of them (merci beaucoup @4everchan @saine ) and that way no citizenship issues

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I'm only guessing here but I'm betting on a Korean-Canadian, Canada apparently has plenty of them (merci beaucoup @4everchan @saine ) and that way no citizenship issues

I've heard elsewhere that his new partner may be Hannah Kim, a Korean-American solo dancer. Take all of this with a grain of salt, it's just a rumour, but she also recently started following (and being followed by) a number of IAM skaters on IG, so maybe there is something to it.

 

[cocteautwin]

I've heard elsewhere that his new partner may be Hannah Kim, a Korean-American solo dancer. Take all of this with a grain of salt, it's just a rumour, but she also recently started following (and being followed by) a number of IAM skaters on IG, so maybe there is something to it.

Yep, I also saw some comments that his partner is American-Korean solo dancer and Hannah has been training in Montreal, so it sounds possible. If that's the case, Ye's transition from Hannah Lim to Hannah Kim would be quite fun

 

[Ichatdelune]

I've heard elsewhere that his new partner may be Hannah Kim, a Korean-American solo dancer. Take all of this with a grain of salt, it's just a rumour, but she also recently started following (and being followed by) a number of IAM skaters on IG, so maybe there is something to it.

Oh wow if this is indeed the case we need to come up with another team nickname for another Hannah and Ye that is not HaYe(해예, read heh-ye)

 

[Ichatdelune]

Update on JGP Selections:

Time Schedule (KST, +9 UST)

7/18
13:00 - 13:20 Junior Ice Dance RD
13:35 - 14:22 Junior Men SP
14:37 - 16:40 Junior Women SP

7/19
12:25 - 12:46 Junior Ice Dance FD
13:01 - 13:56 Junior Men FS
14:11 - 16:22 Junior Women FS

Starting Orders (SP, reverse SP standings for FS)

Ice Dance
1 Park Inkyong/Song Andrew
2 You Leina/Chan Henrick

Men
1 Hwang Gyujin
2 Choi Habin
3 Kim Yesung
4 Chung Jaewook
5 Kim Aaron
6 Lee Jaekeun
7 Yu Donghan

Women
1 Lee Gyuri
2 Lee Hyowon
3 Kim Minsong
4 Hwang Jeongyul
5 Yu Nayeong
6 Huh Jiyu
7 Joo Hyewon
8 Jeong Subeen
9 Moon Jiwon
10 Jeon Hyoeun
11 Cha Doi (WD after SP)
12 Jang Harin
13 Choi Jina
14 Park Hayoung
15 Ko Nayeon
16 Kim Jiyu

Women's quota allocations TBA

Day 1 livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/-Iv626tgl_g?si=RM9P8yxg-xpH0RhO
Day 2 livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/cIWdbaSRu7A?si=cxqIbYOuuaNvEl7w

 

[lileychristie]

Oh wow if this is indeed the case we need to come up with another team nickname for another Hannah and Ye that is not HaYe(해예, read heh-ye)

If she turns out to be indeed Hannah Kim, I quite like KimQuan - yes it's just their full last names but it roll of the tongue quite nicely KQ can work too haha

According to Wikipedia Ye also goes by "Kwon Ye" - KimKwon or KK works even better, but will be confusing for less-familiar fans I guess

 

[sammylee]

Oh wow if this is indeed the case we need to come up with another team nickname for another Hannah and Ye that is not HaYe(해예, read heh-ye)

I saw on Hannah Kim's instagram bio that her Korean name is Kihyun and she changed her youtube channel name to Hannah Kihyun Kim

 

[Ichatdelune]

Junior ID RD: 54.60 for You/Chan, 48.82 for Park/Song

Junior Men SP: https://x.com/i/status/2078352146685124914

Junior Women SP: https://x.com/i/status/2078383452169134522

My pirate lass Doi bombed and I am sad

 

[4everchan]

If she turns out to be indeed Hannah Kim, I quite like KimQuan - yes it's just their full last names but it roll of the tongue quite nicely KQ can work too haha

According to Wikipedia Ye also goes by "Kwon Ye" - KimKwon or KK works even better, but will be confusing for less-familiar fans I guess

I had said it three times in a row

Kim-Quan, Kim-Quan, Kim-Quan and Beetlejuice didn't appear but I love the sound of it too.

 

[Ichatdelune]

JGP Selections Day 1 Protocols
RD

 

[Ichatdelune]

Men SP

 

[Ichatdelune]

Women SP

 

[Ichatdelune]

Junior ID final results: https://x.com/i/status/2078687619890724918

Junior Men final results: https://x.com/i/status/2078706868428341740

Junior Women final results

skating korea (@skatingkor) on X

Junior Grand Prix Selection Competition 2026 Junior Women’s Results 🥇 #NayeonKo #고나연 194.84 🥈 #HarinJang #장하린 174.70 🥉 #JiyuHuh #허지유 172.86

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Nayeon is going to the JGPF or I'm going to burn the ISU headquarters down

 

[cocteautwin]

Jiyu

 

[Ichatdelune]

Women's JGP ticket allocations: 2 tickets each for the medalists, 1 ticket for the 4th

Edit: so Nayeon, Harin, and Jiyu (Huh) gets two tickets, 1 for Jeongyul

I am devastated that my ball of sunshine Hyowon skated two clean programs and ended up with 0 JGP tickets

 

[cocteautwin]

Women's JGP ticket allocations: 2 tickets each for the medalists, 1 ticket for the 4th

I am devastated that my ball of sunshine Hyowon skated two clean programs and ended up with 0 JGP tickets

Yep. Considering there's not many spots, they could've give 2 spots to the winner and then decide after first event for the other skaters - if skater is in the position to have to chance to qualify to final - gets second spot, if not - another skater gets a chance.