Junior Ladies Short Impressions to follow...
Group 1
1 CHO Yuna is a strong confident performer with solid technique and a flirty start in front of the judges. Nice opening skate.
2 IM Sua skates to Sing Sing Sing in black and white striped top. Confident performer, a bit slow in the footwork and the jumps seem a bit small.
3 LEE Haena in shades of blue and teal skates to LaLa Land takes her time on the jumps and completes them although rotations may be an issue. A bit off time with the music. Nice twizzles in the footwork.
4 PARK Jueun in purple, pastel blue and silver needs some work on basic skating and footwork. Jumps are spinny and small. She has some strength but needs help making her skating match the power of her pop music.
5 JEONG Subin in deep shades of green skates to Riverdance with very nice style and spins. Simpler content in the jumps but decently done. More ice coverage would help her.
6 NOH Yelim in white and lavender skates to Yanni cleanly and neatly but without a lot of difficulty, power nor flow which would help her overall impression. I wish more skaters used his music.
Group 2
8 JO Hayeon in bright fuchsia skates to Soul Sister confidently, but unfortunately throws herself in to a 2A and misses. I agree that ice dance is where this natural performer would really shine. An attention grabbing skating style wise but not jump-wise. Really cute girl with a lot of natural personality.
9 KIM Chan in black skates to a bluesy song. Cautious on the 2A, solid spins.
10 LEE Yuna in white and turquoise skates to Send in the Clowns. She needs to step up into the 2A,, decent 2-2 combo. Skating is shy and small.
11 YOON Jimin dressed in white, grey and silver skates confidently into her jumps with nice lift and rotation and steadiness and speed.
Group 3
13 YEON Chaeju dressed in peach color dress has solid basic skills and nice posture and bauer. Jumps were a bit of a struggle.
14 SEO Chaeeun in turquoise and purple and blue skated to a modern version with percussion of Clair de Lune that does not suit her delicate style.
17 KIM Sihyun in white and pale blue opens with a lovely spiral and skates to a female cover of a Josh Groban song. Lovely youthful skater with tiny jumps.
18 LIM Chaeryeong in a navy jumpsuit with silver trim skates to The Mask. She needs some polish on her footwork, she is a strong jumper skater but the axel got away today. She leads at this point.
Group 4
21 JO Hayul in bright fuchsia/purple skates to Don Quixote with beautiful posture and nice technique on her jumps. Lovely interpretation. I enjoyed her a great deal.
23 LEE Raein in black with peach/pink(?) underskirt and silver trim skates to La Cumparsita with elegance and style, a bit timid on the 2A. Very nice spins.
24 PARK Haram in royal blue and silver skates to bluesy music that segs into old school rock and roll. She skates with power that matches her music and interprets her music well and confidently.
Group 5
25 CHOI Soi dresed in green with black and white trim channels her inner Chen Lu skating to Beetlejuice and gives us the first 3LZ
26 KIM Hayeon in white with light blue overskirt skates to to the Skaters's Waltz. Lovely balletic style and presence, very nice jumps and spins. Fall on 2A.
27 PARK Chaea dressed in off-white and shows off excellent jumping with an especially nice 2A skating to an Irish ballad. Very stylish with great spins. Very mature stylish skater. First place by me.
28 CHA Doi in glittery gold and bronze & silver trim skates to percussion with a big 2axel for her tiny size and pulls off some big content attacking with very good speed and with very good posture and style to take the lead.
29 KIM Gaheun in dark grey with purple/silver trimmed dress skates as Roxie Hart. Big fall on opening jump. Recovers nicely on second jump.
30 LEE Yoonseo in white, purple and green dress skates to operatic music and struggles with 3S. Nice presentation and spins. Music changes to modern percussive version of earlier theme. Sounds like music used by Emanuel Sandhu.
Group 6
31 PARK Sena in black and grey trimmed dress skates a nice 3loop-combo. step-out on 2A. Nice spins. She looks like she is going to skate to Swan Lake but the modern music is confusing but it goes into second.
32 JEON Chaeeun in a black ombre jumpsuit skates with nice power to a modern moody piece of music. Good quality to everything she does. Nice performance but not really memorable for me.
33 KIM Jihyo dressed in party pink with silver headband skates big for her size and bravely goes after a big lutz - but misses. She carries a lot of speed. Another stepout miss on 2A. She has the presence of a Lipinski or Minsol Kwon. Beautiful spins. Still into third.
34 PARK Hayoung in mint green and silver trim skates to The Rainbow. Another Lipinski size skater with a 3LZ. Nice spins but not quite the speed of Tara. Ahead of the previous skater.
35 YU Nayeong in bright purple with silvery trim to symphonic accordion of French music that opens with a nice combo but misses the axel entirely.
36 JOO Hyewon in black corset dress skates to Swan Lake with speed and power. Very strong skating that puts her in second.
Warm-up Group 7
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KIM Gunhee in pastel yellow with white dress. Daily video has no sound- no idea what music is - use individual link to hear music. Very clean and polished skating. Into the lead.
38 LEE Jiyoon in mint green and shades of blue Kimono style dress. Strong opening jump combination and solid double axel. Music is from the Last Emperor. Excellent 3F.
39 PARK Inkyong dressed in red and trimmed in black and white skates to Hernando's Hideaway. She sits down on 3F after cautious entry. Nice 2A and 3LZ. Good spins. Down in 5th.
41 KIM Jiyu in fluffy pink skirt and black leather jacket skates to Sweet Dreams with big 2A and fast spins. Very speedy skater with big 3Lz. New leader!
42 JANG Harin in black dress with silver trim and gold boot tights? skating to a modern Swan Lake with fall on flying sitspin. She gets a solid 3LZ done.Into 4th.