Figure skating men’s singles ‘next-generation runner’ Kim Hyun-gyeom (Han Advertising) finished second in the 2023-2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix Final, recording the best performance ever for a Korean male athlete.Kim Hyun-gyeom received 146.60 points, including 75.03 technical points (TES), 72.57 artistic points (PCS), and 1 deduction point, in the men’s single free skating at the 2023-2024 ISU Figure Junior Grand Prix Final held in Beijing, China on the 9th (Korean time).Kim Hyun-gyeom, who took the lead in the short program on the 7th with 77.01 points, finished second with a total score of 223.61 points including the free skating score, losing the victory by 4.16 points to Japan’s Rio Nakata (227.77 points).

This is the first time that a Korean male singles player won a silver medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final.Until now, the best performance by a Korean male athlete in the Junior Grand Prix Final was Cha Jun-hwan’s (Korea University) bronze medal in the 2016-2017 season.Kim Hyun-gyeom broke the ‘highest score’ in 7 years.With Shin Ji-ah (Yeongdong Middle School) winning the women’s single silver medal the previous day, Korean figure skating created an enjoyable scene in which both male and female athletes reached the podium for the first time in history.In this season’s Junior Grand Prix series, Kim Hyun-gyeom won a silver medal in the second competition and a gold medal in the fifth competition, and entered the final competition, a ‘King of Kings competition’ in which only the top six players this season participate.Lim Joo-heon (Suri High School), who also competed, took fourth place with a total score 카지노사이트킹 of 209.99 points and unfortunately missed out on a medal.