Ice dance duo brings S. Korea first ISU Grand Prix medal

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

Figure skaters Hannah Lim and Quan Ye have become the first ice dancing duo representing South Korea to win a medal at an International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix event.

Lim and Quan finished third in the first leg of the ISU Junior Grand Prix season in Courchevel, France, on Saturday (local time). They scored 89.05 points in free dance Saturday, after earning 55.22 points in rhythm dance the previous day.

With a combined 144.27 points, Lim and Quan earned the bronze medal behind Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen of the United States (165.01 points), and Miku Makita and Tyler Gunara of Canada (149.39).

No other ice dancing team for South Korea had ever reached the podium at an ISU Grand Prix event, junior or senior.

Lim, born in Toronto to Korean parents, holds dual citizenship. She decided to represent South Korea this season with Quan, a native of Bolungarvík, Iceland. They began skating together in July 2019 and previously skated for Canada.

At ice dance and pairs events at ISU competitions, teams can choose to represent the country of one member's choice.

Lim and Quan will next compete in the fourth leg of the Junior Grand Prix season in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, from Sept. 15-18.







source: Yonhap News & ISU Junior Grand Prix

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[shukriyya.livejournal.com]

I did not expect Gangnam Style when I clicked play! 😂

[1100003.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy for them and this is one of the nicer things to come out of the political shitshow that is the JGP so far.

(I am ANGRY at the politicized way covid passports are being handled and this is distorting these competitions.)

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

i wanted to tag you in this and ask for your opinion! could you elaborate on the covid passport issue?

[1100003.livejournal.com]

New icon alert! :O I love it.


The FS grand prix (normally) uses the same criteria for who makes it to the final (6 slots), with most eligible for final skaters receiving 2 grand prix assignments. The higher your total score after two assignments, the more likely you are to make it. you get 15 points for gold, 13 for silver, 11 for bronze (in case of silver-silver, vs gold/bronze in a tiebreak the latter wins) etc. Gold-gold is guaranteed entry to the final. There are also restrictions on how many from each country can compete at an individual grand prix event, but they’ve changed that now that skaters have been banned from entering certain countries, including France where this event (and the next!) is.

There is talk of changing the criteria for this year to highest score rather than placement - this is actually in theory more fair than the usual model which is dependent on who you’re competing against. But nothing official has been said yet, as far as I can tell. And this is cause for much uncertainty. The event was already moved from Canada to France.

The issues with entry to France is not just status of vaccine but status of the country people are coming from, so it’s more complicated than that BUT I am wordy as you know so here it is re: my anger at the vaccine passports - For example, France doesn’t accept proof of vaccine in Russia - because of sputnik not being approved by EMA, which is what ever but actually a symptom of how fucked up the vaccine program has been worldwide. First US/Canada/EU hoarded “”””the good””” vaccines, and now we are banning people who found their own solutions from entering and participating in our part of the world. I don’t believe these are decisions made to protect safety and health, if it had I would’ve been supportive. A couple of JGP events are not the end all be all, but I think this is how it’s going to be for a lot of normal people too going forward, and I think it’s unfair to normal people who don’t have a choice in their vaccine options - that choice was most likely stolen from them by governments. Russians are the biggest losers in the JGP from this (because they have the most contenders in all disciplines), although they are not the only ones, Chinese skaters are also basically banned from all the European events as of now. The senior GP is even more fucked up, currently a whole event is cancelled. (Beyond FS, I also wonder how this will play out for the world in general since the US hasn’t even approved AZ unlike the EU.)

Japan has also decided not to send their skaters to the JGP, which doesn’t make a huge difference in pairs and ice dance, but they would’ve been top tier in singles, though I think this is different since it was their choice. We just completed the Olympics FFS, so they cannot pretend that making exceptions isn’t possible - although I think if it really is as dangerous as these rules make it seem, then they should’ve just cancelled the events instead of discriminating. So all in all, the competition is distorted and I think the wrong people are being punished for politics :(

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

ahhh thanks for explaining! it def is a political issue especially since, as i know now, russia would've been one of the top contenders. and europe/france excluding other countries? no surprise there. they could've combined it with daily covid tests if they wanted to. it must be less enjoyable to watch too knowing this :(

[1100003.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly, they could've done some kind of bubble, daily test requirements for the non-EMA approved vaccine takers, something, instead they're outright banned, grr. I'm more worried about seniors, as it stands Anna's two assignments are impossible for her - one cancelled, the other in France. In senior's the assignments are much more complicated too and skaters cannot be shuffled around because of seeding, and as the reigning world champ she cannot compete against the no.2 or 3 seeds.

Anyway, still somewhat on topic (sorry to OP!), here is Rika Kihira (no.1 Japanese senior and all around sweetiepie in general) dancing to Twice!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS6cCp5hOah/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPXu8V1Ho-Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

oh yeah i didn't realize how far-reaching the consequences are! as always sports = politics

awww cute! she chose 2 good songs too!

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

the combination of the two songs are so random and fun but they really worked it well! happy for them!