Infographic: Jin Boyang in the game
China Sports News On the evening of March 25, Beijing time, the men's singles short program of the 2021 Figure Skating World Championships was over. Two Chinese players, Yan Han and Jin Boyang, ranked 12th and 19th respectively. Japan's famous player and two-time Winter Olympic champion Yu yusuke came out on top, followed by Japanese youngster Yuma Kenzan in second place, and American star Chen Wei in third place.
A total of 33 contestants competed in the men's singles short program, and the top 24 contestants will qualify for free skating. The Chinese team sent Yan Han and Jin Boyang to play, of which Jin Boyang was the bronze medalist of the two-time World Championships. However, in the day's competition, Jin Boyang, who appeared third in the fifth group, fell down when he was doing hookers for four weeks, and the other four weeks even made a big mistake in jumping, scoring 77.95 points, ranking 19th among all the contestants. Yan Han, who played third in the third group, scored 81.52 points, ranking 12th.
The last group of Japanese celebrities yusei Yushin completed his set of difficult moves cleanly and impeccably, scoring 106.98 points to grab the top spot; The japanese 17-year-old Yujin Jianshan, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, was also stunned by four seats, ranking second with 100.96 points, and he was also the second player in the game to break the 100-point mark; two-time World Championship champion and Chinese American Chen Wei made a major mistake in the opening hook and scored 98.85 points to temporarily rank third.
Infographic: Yan Han in the game
The World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, is the first international competition for figure skating since the cancellation of the World Championships in Canada last year, and it is also the qualification event for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The competition kicked off on March 25, Beijing time, and in the women's singles short program and pair skating short program competition held on the first day, China's Chen Hongyi advanced to the women's singles free skating as the 22nd place, and Sui Wenjing/Han Cong and Peng Cheng/Jin Yang ranked second and fifth in the pair skating, and both advanced to the next round.
According to the schedule, in the early morning of March 26 and the evening of March 26, Beijing time, there will be a pair free skating and ice dance rhythm dance competition, resulting in a gold medal in the double skating event. (End)