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At the Figure Skating Junior World Championships, the youngest 14-year-old contestant, Shin Jia, placed second in the short program.
Three Korean players in the top five are aiming for her first medal since Yuna Kim.
This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
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Shin Jia, the youngest of the 43 players at the age of 14, performed flawlessly to the opera music La Boheme.
He flew vigorously despite his small 148 cm.
Starting with three consecutive jumps, he earned extra points on all three jump assignments.
In his first world championships, he gave everything he had without showing any signs of nervousness.
Jia Shin, who received the highest level for her elegant spin, finished second with an individual high of 69.38.
He is 3.12 points behind the U.S. player in first place.
[Jia Shin / Figure Skating Junior National Team: My goal was to participate in the Junior World (World Championship), but I was really happy to be able to come out.
The goal is to exceed the personal best score (in the free).]
Also, 15-year-old Yoon Ah-sun, who performed clean acting, also received her personal best score and came in third place, 3.1 points behind Shin Ji-ah, and 17-year-old Seo-young Wi, 0.19 points behind Yoon Ah-sun, 5 followed up.
With three Korean athletes placed in the top 5, expectations are growing for the first medal in 16 years since Yuna Kim in the free skating tonight (17th).
(Video editing: So Ji-hye)