[Olympics] Yu Yeong Performs After Valieva in Short Program

Skating on the Ice for the Twenty-Seventh Time... Kim Yerim is the Nineteenth

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Figure skating women's singles leader Yu-Young (Surigo) will perform second after Kamila Valieva (Russian Olympic Committee) on her first Olympic stage. Yu-Young was assigned third in the fifth and final group in the order of the women's singles short program at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, announced on the 13th. She will take the ice 27th out of 30 skaters. The event will be held on the 15th at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

Yu-Young will skate after Karen Chen (USA) and Valieva. After her performance, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova (both Russian Olympic Committee), and Kaori Sakamoto (Japan) will compete. All are skaters with outstanding skills. In particular, Valieva scored the highest this season in the short program with 90.45 points. She is followed by Shcherbakova (77.94 points), Trusova (77.69 points), and Kaori (76.56 points). Yu-Young ranks 7th with 70.73 points. The reason for the score gap is attributed to the quadruple (4-rotation) jumps, which are difficult even for male skaters. However, no one submitted a jump element for the short program this time. Valieva recently tested positive for doping and may be disqualified from participation.

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Yu-Young will attempt a triple Axel with three and a half rotations, followed by a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination. Then she will perform a flying camel spin and a layback spin before challenging a triple flip. Kim Ye-rim (Surigo), who is also competing, will skate first in the fourth group and 19th overall. She is expected to showcase a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, a double Axel (2 rotations), and a triple flip.

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