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Kim Chae-yeon's free skating performance

Kim Chae-yeon (16, Surigo High School), a promising figure skating women's singles player, unfortunately missed out on a medal by taking fourth place in the 5th round of the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Senior Grand Prix.

Kim Chae-yeon received 115.23 points, including 54.42 technical points (TES), 61.81 artistic points (PCS), and 1 deduction point, in the women's single free skating competition held in Espoo, Finland on the 19th (Korean time).

Kim Chae-yeon, who won 66.19 points in the short program the previous day, failed to reach the podium as she was pushed out by third place Amber Glenn (USA, 185.39 points) by 3.97 points with a total of 181.42 points.

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto won with a total score of 205.21 points, while Japan's Sumiyoshi Rion (190.21 points) took second place.

Kim Chae-yeon, who won the silver medal in the second round of the Senior Grand Prix last month, ranked 4th in this competition, accumulating 22 ranking points and ranking 6th in the middle of the ranking points.

Kim Chae-yeon, who has completed all of this season's schedule, will determine whether she will advance to the 'Grand Prix Final' depending on the results of competitors participating in the 6th 'NHK Trophy' (24th-26th, Osaka, Japan), the final match of this season's Grand Prix series, which opens on the 24th. It is decided.

The Grand Prix Final, which will be held in Beijing, China starting December 7, is a competition in which only the top six players from this season will participate.

In particular, if Nina Pinzarone (Belgium, 13 ranking points), who finished second in the 3rd Grand Prix competition, achieves a bronze medal or higher at the NHK Trophy, Chae-yeon Kim will not advance to the Grand Prix Final.

Kim Chae-yeon's free skating performance scene

Kim Chae-yeon, who debuted at the Senior Grand Prix this season, was disappointed that she was judged to have insufficient attention (be careful using the edge) and insufficient rotation in her triple flip jump twice during her free skating performance on this day.

Kim Chae-yeon, who started her performance with a double Axel (two and a half rotations in the air), hit her butt in the following triple Lutz, receiving a deduction of 1 point and a 2.95 point reduction in her GOE.

Chae-yeon Kim performed a clean triple loop and then continued with a triple flip-double toe loop combination jump.

However, in the triple flip jump, attention and quarter landing (insufficient rotation) decisions overlapped, resulting in a loss of 1.14 points in GOE.

Kim Chae-yeon finished the first half of her performance by performing the flying combination change foot spin at level 4.

Kim Chae-yeon, who entered the bonus point section, attempted a triple flip-double toe loop-double loop combination, and the triple flip was judged as attention and under-rotated (insufficient rotation), reducing her GOE by 1.88 points.

In the following triple lutz jump, he connected a double axel sequence, but due to anxiety about landing, his GOE was reduced by 2.87 points, leaving a regret.

Following the step sequence (level 4) and the coreo sequence (level 1), Kim Chae-yeon performed the triple salchow, the last jumping task, but lost her score due to landing anxiety, and the flying camel spin (level 3) and change foot combination spin (level 1). The performance ended with 4).

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