KimyearimOn the 19th, she won the NHK Trophy Women’s Singles, the 5th International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix event held in Sapporo, Japan.
Yerim Kim Kim Yeon AhAfter winning the championship in 2009, he became the second Korean figure skater to reach the top of the senior Grand Prix podium.
Kim Ye-rim started free skating in line with the soundtrack (OST) of the movie ‘Summer of 42’ (Summer of 42).
Kim Ye-rim, who continued her performance smoothly, made the mistake of touching her hand while landing in the fourth jump task, the triple flip, and was unable to perform the double axel jump. However, Kim Ye-rim, who had even experienced the Beijing stage, showed her skillfulness by adding a double axel that she hadn’t been able to jump before the triple salchow jump at the end.
Kim Ye-rim received 132.27 points and won the gold medal with a final total score of 204.49 points.
Japanese figure skater, current world champion Kaori Sakamotoscored 133.80 points in the free skating and took first place, but failed to surpass Kim Ye-rim in the final total.
Kim Ye-rim will go to the Grand Prix Final, where only the top 6 players can participate by combining the Grand Prix series results held in Turin, Italy on the 8th of next month.
NHK Trophy Women’s Single Final Results:
1. Yerim Kim (KOR) 204.49 (72.22+132.27)
2. Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) 201.87 (68.07+133.80)
3. Sumiyoshi Lion (JPN) 193.12 (68.01+125.11)
4. Audrey Shin (USA) 189.00 (65.87+123.13)
5. Rinka Watanabe (JPN) 188.07 (58.36+129.71)
6. Ji Seo-yeon (KOR) 184.14 (62.92+121.22)
7. Nina Patrokina (EST) 180.29 (58.81+121.48)
8. Seoyoung Wee (KOR) 176.74 (61.06+115.68)
9. Star Andrews (USA) 174.06 (64.13+109.93)
10. Olga Mikutina (LAT) 173.36 (56.95+116.41)
11. Amber Glenn (USA) 169.36 (52.04+117.32)
12. Eva Rota Kibbus (EST) 162.37 (48.56+113.81)
men single sign Junhwan Chaalso had a double celebration of winning the bronze medal.
Cha Jun-hwan seemed to be moving away from the medals as he placed sixth in the short program with a score of 80.35.
However, he scored 174.41 points in the free skating, which was performed to the movie 007 James Bond series ‘No Time to Die’, and scored a final total of 254.76 points, winning a bronze medal for the fifth time in his personal career at the Grand Prix.
Cha Jun-hwan, male figure skater
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NHK Trophy Men’s Singles Final Results:
1. Shoma Uno (JPN) 279.76 (91.66+188.10)
2. Sota Yamamoto (JPN) 257.85 (96.49+161.36)
3. Junhwan Cha (KOR) 254.76 (80.35+174.41)
4. Kazuki Tomono (JPN) 251.83 (85.07+166.76)
5. Adam Shao Himpa (FRA) 250.45 (87.44+163.01)
6. Matteo Rizzo (ITA) 240.76 (78.57+162.19)
7. Nika Egaze (GEO) 232.86 (84.47+148.39)
8. Stephen Gogolev (CAN) 221.02 (69.01+152.01)
9. Gabriele Frangipani (ITA) 212.31 (68.78+143.53)
10. Conrad Ozel (CAN) 202.69 (73.10+129.59)
11. Maurizio Zandron (AUT) 201.72 (68.21+133.51)
12. Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) 185.05 (57.18+127.87)
