Lee Hae-in ranked 9th + Kim Chae-yeon ranked 10th in figure skating, won 2 Olympic tickets (all-around)
Mar 29, 2025
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Lee Hae-in received 65.27 technical points (TES) and 61.30 art points (PCS) and 126.57 points in the women's single free skate at the 2025 International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating World Championships held at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on the 29th (Korea Standard Time). He received a total of 194.36 points in the short program (67.79 points). Lee Hae-in finished the competition in the final ninth place.
Kim Chae-yeon scored 65.37 points in TES, 63.12 points in PCS, and 128.49 points in total in free skating. He tied the short program score (65.67 points) to rank 10th with a total score of 194.16.
According to Lee Hae-in and Kim Chae-yeon's performance, two Korean women's singles will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics. At this World Championships, quotas for each country of the Winter Olympics were allocated. If the sum of the top two players' rankings is 13 or less, they will receive three, and if they are 28 or less, they will receive two. While Yoon Ah-sun (Surigo) failed to advance to the free skate, the sum of Lee Hae-in and Kim Chae-yeon's rankings was 19, and South Korea won two quarters. The national Winter Olympics competition is scheduled for around December.
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Kim Chae-yeon finished the early jump easily, but fell on the ice as the landing shook in the second half of the triple lutz solo jump. In the end, he was judged to be downgraded (when the number of turns of the jump is more than 180 degrees short), and lost 1.05 points in GOE. In the triple flip-double toe loop combination jump, quarter landing in the preceding jump (when the number of jump rotations is short of the 90 degree level) was also pointed out.
The winner was Alyssa Liu of the U.S., who scored 222.97 points. Japan's Sakamoto stingray won the silver medal with 217.98 points. The tournament's fourth consecutive victory failed. Japan's Chiba Monet (215.24 points) ranked third.
Meanwhile, ice dance Im Hae-na-Kwon Ye-jo received 40.83 points in technical score (TES) and 31.21 points in art score (PCS) in ice dance rhythm dance, and a total of 72.04. The two players ranked 16th out of 36 participating teams and succeeded in advancing to the free dance, where the top 20 teams advanced. The free dance, in which the final grade is determined, will be held at dawn on the 30th. 19 out of 24 tickets for figure skating ice dance at the 2026 Winter Olympics are at stake in this competition.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
