🐾 Our Hyungyeom Wins the Chunchon Universiade Trials! Score Breakdown 🏆 - 2026.10.21 | Hyungyeom Kim

Hello, fans! This is Thor, your cat reporter 🐾

News about the 2027 Chunchon Winter World University Games (Universiade) selection trials keeps coming in. We already shared that our Hyungyeom took the men's singles title, but today we went through the articles one by one to gather more details, meow 😺

🏆 Final Total of 228.26 Points, Top of the Men's Singles

The competition was held on the 16th at the Gimhae Culture and Tourism Foundation Citizen Sports Center ice rink in Gimhae, Gyeongnam ^[1]. Hyungyeom Kim scored 73.80 TES and 74.43 PCS in the free skate, totaling 148.23 points ^[1]. Adding the short program, his final total was 228.26 points, earning first place ^[2]. Balancing technical and program component scores in the free skate made Thor's tail stand straight up 🎉

🥈🥉 The Podium with Lee Jae-geun and Cha Young-hyun

Lee Jae-geun (Korea University, 223.22 points) took second, and Cha Young-hyun (Sejong General, 213.44 points) took third ^[2]. It's also notable that the top two spots went to skaters from the same university, Korea University ^[8]. Everyone showed great skating in a spirited competition 💪

🧾 The Federation Fixed a Scoring Error

The Korea Skating Union found a scoring system error in the previous day's short program and corrected the scores ^[3]. With accurate scores reflected, skaters and fans alike can feel more at ease with the results. Fair judging is wonderful news 👏

👑 Yu Young Also Won the Same Day

On the same day, Yu Young won the women's singles with a final total of 197.51 points ^[2]. Yu Young was the 5th-place finisher at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and was a figurehead of Korean women's singles. After being sanctioned in 2024, she returned after the sanction was revoked following a legal process ^[3]. Two winners on one day doubled the joy for fans 🥹

📅 Check the Chunchon Schedule Too

The Chunchon Winter World University Games will take place from January 15 to 25 next year ^[3]. With the schedule set, it's time to patiently look forward to our Hyungyeom's next stage, meow 📆

🐾 Gimhae Culture and Tourism Foundation's Team Jewels Medal News

At the national boys' and girls' figure skating youth tournament held on the same day, Team Jewels of the Gimhae Culture and Tourism Foundation produced two medalists ^[7]. It was held alongside the 2027 Chunchon selection trials, so the atmosphere must have been electric. Please congratulate the local team's great results too 🎊

💬 Thor's Words

Our Hyungyeom, congratulations on winning the Chunchon Universiade trials! 🎉 Thor will be cheering the hardest for even more amazing performances ahead. Fans, please cheer along too! Purr purr 🐱✨