The Beijing ticket that Cha Jun-hwan won is ‘1? Chapter 2?’… ISU “Notice in April”

Ice Skating Federation “Request to ISU to check the exact ticket distribution details”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = Interpretations are divided over the number of men’s single skating tickets for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, secured by Korea through the ambiguous “Olympic Ticket Distribution Regulations” of the International Ice Skating Federation (ISU).

The Korean men’s and women’s figure skating team ranked 10th at the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating World Championships, which ended at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on the 28th (Korea time), with Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University, 245.99 points) ranked 10th and Lee Hae-in (Sehwa Girls’ High School, 193.44 points) of women’s singles. ) And Kim Ye-rim (Surigo, 191.78 points) ranked 10th and 11th, respectively, with good results.

Cha Jun-hwan achieved the feat of successfully entering the world championship’Top 10′ for the first time ever as a Korean male player.

Lee Hae-Indo After Kim Yu-na (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), Park So-yeon (2014), and Choi Da-bin (2017), the 4th and youngest Korean female athletes’ Top 10 I tasted the joy of achieving’.

Even in a situation where it is difficult to secure a training ground due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), Korean male and female single athletes performed their best at this World Championship, which took part in the Beijing Winter Olympics.

As a result of this tournament, Korean women’s singles secured two tickets to the next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics.

However, it is still difficult to draw a definite conclusion about the right to qualify for the men’s singles event in Cha Jun-hwan alone.

Until the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, ticket distribution rules were relatively simple.

There are 30 men’s and women’s singles each, 20 pairs, and 24 ice dances for the Winter Olympics figure skating.

Among them, 24 tickets for men and women, 16 pairs, and 19 ice dance tickets are distributed through the World Championships, and the remaining tickets are distributed at the Nebelhorn Trophy, an additional Olympic competition.

When one athlete competes in the World Championships, 3 cards will be awarded if the performance is within 2nd place and 2 cards if the result is within 3~10th place. The remaining rank is one.

A maximum of 3 players per country (3 teams for pair ice dance) can participate in each sport (male and female single, pair, ice dance). Team).

If the sum of the ranks of 2 players (2 teams) is 13 or less, 3 cards are distributed, and 2 cards are distributed between 14 and 28. If it exceeds 28, it is 1 card.

Accordingly, Korean women’s singles won two Olympic tickets because the sum of the two athletes ranked 21. One male single also participated and took the 10th place, and also had to win two, but confusion arises here.

The ISU regulation revised in June 2018,’Rule 400 A’is the starting point of confusion.

‘Rule 400′ is the regulation of’Entries to the Olympic Winter Games’.

In’Rule 400 A, 3’it is stated that’each ISU member state that has secured the points (sum of rankings) necessary to obtain 2 or 3 tickets must have 2 or 3 athletes each participating in free skating at the World Championships’ It is done.

In addition, in’Rule 400 A, 4 b)’, ISU members have secured the points (sum of rankings) necessary to qualify for ‘2 or 3 cards’, but the ISU member countries that did not have 2 or 3 athletes each in free skating are eligible for additional competitions ( Nebelhorn Trophy) can have one player (excluding those who advance to the World Championships Free Skating).

ISU’s Olympic ticket distribution rules have been applied equally to the’Beijing Olympic Figure Skating Preliminary System’ announced on December 4, 2019.

According to this rule, it is clear that Korean women’s singles have a total of 21 rankings for Lee Haein and Yerim Kim, and both athletes will advance to free skating and secure two Olympic qualifications.

However, a different interpretation of the male singles who participated in Cha Jun-hwan alone may come out.

As the revised rule states that’member countries that have secured 2 or 3 tickets must each have 2 or 3 free skating players’, South Korea, who participated in Cha Jun-hwan alone, secured a male single ticket at this World Championship. It is concluded that there is only one sheet of silver.

In the end, the other one must be won from the Nebelhorn Trophy according to’Rule 400 A, 4 b)’.

The Nebelhorn Trophy must be competed by athletes who have not passed the World Championships Free Skating. It means that Cha Jun-hwan cannot compete in the Nebelhorn Trophy.

Jackie Wong, an ice skating expert in the United States, left on his Twitter account, “Korea officially won two Olympic tickets, but the other one must be confirmed at the Nebelhorn Trophy.”

The ‘2022 Beijing Olympics Ticket Distribution Status’ posted on Wikipedia, an internet encyclopedia, has two Korean women’s singles and one male single, but the ISU has not yet announced an official announcement.

It is analyzed that the reason why the ISU changed the rules in such a complicated manner is not only intent to raise the level of Olympic figure skating, but also the intent that figure skating powers will secure more tickets.

The Korea Ice Skating Federation also failed to give a clear answer.

An official in charge of the Ice Skating Federation’s figure skating said, “I have inquired about the exact ticket distribution situation through the federation staff accompanying the athletes to the World Championships.” .

He said, “I heard a reply that ISU decided to notify the member countries of the ticket distribution status in April,” he said. “For now, I can only express’secure a maximum of 2 tickets’,” he regretted.

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