2017-2018 State of S. Korean Figure Skating

[tjb]

You got me again. :hopelessness:
I've hoped nobody will notice my secret agenda of rooting for and supporting my faves. :scard8:

well, i used to like you, because you like anna s.
but now i learned about your obsessions with marin, eunsoo and even konstantinova, and i just don't know what to think about you.
do you really like shcherbakova's skating? or you adore her, just because she is cute.
i think, it's possible, that you don't care about skating at all, and you are choosing your favorites just based on how a girl looks

 

[tars]

well, i used to like you, because you like anna s.
but now i learned about your obsessions with marin, eunsoo and even konstantinova, and i just don't know what to think about you.

You visit this forum, because you think about me? Oh my. :

 

[seabm7]

Two Korean TV broadcast systems are on strike now. It's quite possible that there would be no TV coverage for the Olympics selection competitions:

http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4864323

However, the fan cam community is very active in Korea, so we could still get the clips from the competitions.

 

[s_parks]

Two Korean TV broadcast systems are on strike now. It's quite possible that there would be no TV coverage for the Olympics selection competitions:

http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4864323

However, the fan cam community is very active in Korea, so we could still get the clips from the competitions.

Well, they've been on strike for a while now. And there's SBS, which is actually airing the men's sp at skate canada this week.

 

[tjb]

i read wiki articles about korean ladies (eunsoo, you young and yelim kim), and i found out that all three of them are started to skate relatively late. eunsoo and you young started at 6, and yelim kim at 7. (and yuna kim started at 7 as well)
that makes me wonder, how exactly a skating program in korea works. is there any skating schools that take children at the age of 4?

 

[s_parks]

i read wiki articles about korean ladies (eunsoo, you young and yelim kim), and i found out that all three of them are started to skate relatively late. eunsoo and you young started at 6, and yelim kim at 7. (and yuna kim started at 7 as well)
that makes me wonder, how exactly a skating program in korea works. is there any skating schools that take children at the age of 4?

Well as you know, figure skating is not really big in korea, so there's no great motivation on the parents' part to push their kids into skating(especially since it's a particularly expensive sport, plus not a great choice of training facilities for serious skaters)- I suppose they wait and see if the kid really is into it or shows special talent. Maybe someone on the forum who lIves in korea can answer this better, but I'm not sure there's much of a structured skating program in korea, like the us, canada, or russia.

 

[Miss Ice]

^I actually think it's impressive that the Korean girls are able to start at 6/7 and get to essentially the same level as the Russian girls who start skating at 4/5. I almost think that those girls who start later usually start and/or continue because they are old enough to truly enjoy it, and not just because their parents chose it for them.

Main post topic: I'm so impressed with Eunsoo! Did her second triple in 3-3 actually turn out HIGHER than the first? :O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb1nTlE3_PY

Her presentation and presence is of very high quality for such a young age, I can't wait to see her develop. I would definitely look out for this one.

 

[breadstal]

Team Korea are now sponsored by New Balance (I guess now officially because we already have seen the ugly jackets lol) https://eunsoo-lim.tumblr.com/post/167127338861/eunsoo-lim-and-team-korea-are-now-sponsored-by-new

 

[Miss Ice]

Team Korea are now sponsored by New Balance (I guess now officially because we already have seen the ugly jackets lol) https://eunsoo-lim.tumblr.com/post/167127338861/eunsoo-lim-and-team-korea-are-now-sponsored-by-new

But they look so warm!! i wouldn't mind tbh

 

[breadstal]

But they look so warm!! i wouldn't mind tbh

They do but I meant the ones they wear at KnC etc.

Soyoun's SP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNfg1SgA4_o

 

[randomfan]

Does anyone know when the 2nd national qualifying competition for the Olympics is happening?

 

[seabm7]

Does anyone know when the 2nd national qualifying competition for the Olympics is happening?

The week between Skate America and GPF.

 

[s_parks]

They do but I meant the ones they wear at KnC etc.

Soyoun's SP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNfg1SgA4_o

Those jackets are North Face though? Maybe the team jackets will be changed(hopefully, cause the jackets right now are indeed ugly.)...

 

[breadstal]

Those jackets are North Face though? Maybe the team jackets will be changed(hopefully, cause the jackets right now are indeed ugly.)...

Oh yeah, you're right! Hopefully then

 

[carotide]

Hello everyone!
Just saw a couple of posts like this one on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_xxxkkkk/status/929729349351174144 Is there a competition going on in S. Korea these days?

 

[Miss Ice]

Yuna encouraged Young You to serve as the first bearer of the Olympic flame (there are multiple?):
https://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn....=43143b0e0966200bd0d53c8b310c31b1&oe=5AA2A5F0
https://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn....=6223b6999c402ca9272ed039151804c4&oe=5A920EE0
https://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn....=8d18bb2700db40f805b7e8987165c738&oe=5A9CFBBC

 

[seabm7]

Hello everyone!
Just saw a couple of posts like this one on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_xxxkkkk/status/929729349351174144 Is there a competition going on in S. Korea these days?

There was a qualification competition in Gyeonggi-do for the Korean Winter games. The Winter game is domestic, and separate from the National Championships/Olympics selection/JGP selection system.

 

[carotide]

There was a qualification competition in Gyeonggi-do for the Korean Winter games. The Winter game is domestic, and separate from the National Championships/Olympics selection/JGP selection system.

Thank you!!

 

[Miss Ice]

Do we have any idea who Korea plans to send to the OG? Do they have two or three spots as the host? Wouldn't it be a big surprise if one of the young Korean girls skates two difficult and clean programs.

 

[kimi492]

Do we have any idea who Korea plans to send to the OG? Do they have two or three spots as the host? Wouldn't it be a big surprise if one of the young Korean girls skates two difficult and clean programs.

I could be wrong (?) but I don't think any of the junior korean skaters are old enough to go to the olympics - unless you mean someone else - Young, Eunsoo and Yelim are all too young I thought..