South Korea’s Shin Ji-a places fourth in women’s short program at Olympic team event

By Kang Sang Heon Posted : February 6, 2026, 23:45 Updated : February 6, 2026, 23:45
South Korea’s Shin Ji-a skates in the women’s short program of the figure skating team event at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 6 during the opening day of the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics. (Yonhap via AP)
South Korea’s Shin Ji-a skates in the women’s short program of the figure skating team event at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 6 during the opening day of the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics. [Photo=Yonhap]
 
South Korea’s women’s singles skater Shin Ji-a (Sehwa Girls’ High School) made a solid Olympic debut on Thursday in the figure skating team event.

Shin finished fourth in the women’s short program at the Milan Ice Skating Arena in Milan, scoring 68.80 points (37.93 technical, 30.87 program components).

Her result earned South Korea seven points in the segment, leaving the team seventh overall with 11 points. Earlier, Lim Hae-na and Kwon Ye (Gyeonggi Provincial Government) placed seventh in the rhythm dance with 70.55 points to collect four points.

Ten countries are competing in the team event across men’s and women’s singles, pairs and ice dance. Points are awarded by placement in each segment (10 to 1), and the top five advance to the final round (free skating and free dance) to decide the medals.

South Korea are competing in the Olympic team event for the first time since the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Without a pairs team, South Korea are entering only men’s and women’s singles and ice dance, the only team in the field missing an event.

Skating fourth, Shin performed her short program to “Nocturne.” She opened with a clean triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination for a base value of 10.10 and 1.10 in grade of execution. She landed a double Axel and earned level 4 on her flying camel spin. In the second half, where elements receive a 10% bonus, she completed a triple flip without a major error for 0.68 in GOE.

She closed with a level 4 change-foot combination spin, a level 3 step sequence and a level 3 layback spin.

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan won the segment with 78.88 points. Alysa Liu of the United States was second with 74.90, and Italy’s Lara Naki Gutmann placed third with 71.62.




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