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13-year-old figure skating prospect Kim Yoo-jae won a surprise bronze medal at the junior grand prix debut.
She became the second Korean female athlete to successfully make a triple axel jump.
By Kim Hyung-yeol, staff reporter.
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Kim Yu-jae, born in 2009, when Yuna Kim won her first world championship, took off in her first junior grand prix stage.
Her first assignment, three and a half laps, she sprinted lightly from the triple axel.
Although she lacked a bit of rotation, she became the second Korean female athlete to successfully complete a difficult triple axel after swimming.
After that, she didn't hesitate.
She attempted three consecutive jumps in a row with a base score of over 10, and she did all six types of three-turn jumps, a rare occurrence.
Applause erupted as she finished her beautiful debut with a top level 4 on all of her three spin assignments.
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We witnessed her performance very special.]
Kim Yoo-jae, the youngest of her 32 competitors, finished second in free skating with 124.80 points and 3rd with a total of 185.67 points, proudly podium in her first major event in her major. went up on
Lim Hae-Na-Quan Ye-Jo, who won the first Junior Grand Prix bronze medal in Korean ice dance history last year, rose to 1st place in rhythm dance and nurtured her dream of winning her first gold medal.
(Video editing: Woo-Jeong Woo, CG: Seung-Hyeon Seo)