Ji-ah Shin (Yeongdong Middle School), the leading female figure skating singles figure skating athlete participating in the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games, showed her strong determination 10 days ahead of the opening of the competition.Shin Ji-ah met with reporters at the Korean team selection ceremony for the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games held at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 9th and honestly said, “I felt relieved after the national team selection, but with the big competition coming up again, my mind became a little complicated.” “Still, I am very honored to be able to participate in the ‘Olympics.’ I will do my best to perform satisfactorily,” he said.“It is my first time participating in an international competition,” he said with a smile, adding, “I will have a unique experience such as entering the athletes’ village, and I want to build friendships with foreign athletes. I am very excited.”
Shin Ji-ah has been incredibly busy lately. After participating in and winning the first round of national team selection last month, she immediately participated in the International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix Final held in Beijing, China and won a silver medal.On the 7th, he participated in the second round of national team selection and won the championship for the second year in a row.There is no time to rest.Shin Ji-ah will compete in the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games, which opens on the 19th. The Youth Olympics emphasizes the values of harmony and friendship rather than competition.Medal rankings are not even calculated.However, Shin Jia is receiving a lot of attention as the ‘signature’ of the Korean athletes participating in this tournament.
The burden is bound to be great.Shin Ji-ah said, “I am not without pressure and greed (regarding good results),” and added, “However, I will focus more on my game and try to achieve my goal of performing cleanly.”Shin Ji-ah has a special relationship with the Gangneung Ice Arena, where the figure skating competition is held.In 2018, I visited the Gangneung Ice Arena with my parents and watched the figure skating competition at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, fostering my dream of participating in the Olympics.Shin Ji-ah said, “This is my first time visiting the Gangneung Ice Arena since the Pyeongchang Olympics. I am excited and overwhelmed to perform in that stadium. I want to do better.”The figure single short program in which Ji-ah Shin will compete will be held on the 28th, and the free skating will be held on the 30th.It has not yet been decided whether to participate in the figure skating team competition to be held on February 1st.Coach Ji Hyeon-jeong, who coaches the national figure skating team members at this competition, said, 온라인카지노 “We plan to confirm it later.”