On March 18, Beijing time, South Korean media news that Jin Yilin, who ranked sixth in the Winter Olympics, could not participate in the World Championships because she tested positive and officially withdrew. Her quota will be replaced by Li Hairen. Liu Ying, who was originally regarded as a star of hope, has done quite badly in recent months.
South Korean media directly said that the excitement of this competition will be greatly reduced. This is not only about Jin Yilin's withdrawal, but also about the absences of Anna Serbakova, Camilla Vallieva and Alexandra Trusova.
There are only 2 Japanese women left in the top 6 of the Winter Olympics, and there is not much suspense in the championship.
In this year's Winter Olympics, in addition to the excellent performance of the matryoshka doll combination, the fastest improvement is the 19-year-old Kim Yilin of the Korean team. The South Korean female figure skater was originally the no. 2 person on the team. However, due to the repeated injuries of Liu Ying, who is known as "Kim Yeon-n'er second", Jin Yilin is seen as their hope for good results.
At the last World Championships, Jin Yilin only finished 11th. But at the Winter Olympics, she made it into the top six, with free skating scoring 142.75 points, higher than fifth-placed Shigeru Higuchi and fourth-place Vallieva.
If she can participate in this competition, Jin Yilin is expected to enter the top three.
Before Jin Yilin, K Bao, Sasha and Qianjin had confirmed that they could not participate in this competition. The Chinese team announced early that it would not participate in this competition.
As a result, the top six of the Winter Olympics are left with two Japanese players, namely Higuchi Shinba and Sakamoto Hanori. The women's singles competition at the Figure Skating World Championships has basically become the "Japan Championship". Among them, Sakamoto Hanori scored about 20 points less than Senkin and Sasha at the Winter Olympics. It's only 9 points more than K-Po, which made a major mistake.
On the men's side, the same starlight is dim. Chen Wei, Yu Yusei, Kao Miura and others also withdrew from the competition. Plus Marc Kondrachoc did not participate.
In this way, the suspense of the champion of this competition will be very small, and the excitement may not be able to catch up with some small events.
This year's World Championships were originally followed by the Winter Olympics, many players are very tired, many players have injuries, in fact, can be expected. Plus the virus that eventually recurs and reappears.
However, the International Skating Federation announced early that Russian players could not participate in the competition. This also leads to a drop in excitement by one notch.
Originally, I thought that Chen Wei and others who did not participate in the study for the time being could come to the rescue. But Nathan Chen also chose not to go to Europe because of injuries.
In addition to Jin Yilin, her teammate Liu Ying has been using acupuncture to treat foot injuries. Its state can be imagined.
As of now, the winter Olympic men's singles champion, women's singles champion and runner-up, and the top three in pair skating have all failed to come, and only the host players, ice dance champions Gabriela Papadaggis and Guillaume Nishizawa.
But in figure skating competitions, the popularity of women's singles is the highest. Only 2 of the top 6 players came, which also set a record in recent years.
At present, the Pressure on the French Ice Dance Group is very high, because they are almost the only team that can stop the Japanese from winning all the gold medals. In the women's singles and men's singles matches, the Japanese team is likely to win the top two.
If this tournament is finally won by Japanese players in more than 3 championships, the World Championship will really become a Japanese championship.
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