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In the first Olympics after many twists and turns, Lee Hae-in (21, Korea University) gained valuable experience by ranking eighth.

Lee Hae-in received 74.15 points in technical score (TES) and 66.34 points in artistic score (PCS) in women's single free skating at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, on the 20th (Korea time).

Lee Hae-in, who was ranked 9th with a season-best 70.07 points in the short program earlier, did not surpass her personal best of 148.57 points in the free skate, but set a new season-best of 132.06.

Lee Hae-in, who met with reporters in the joint coverage area (Mix Zone) after the short program, said, "I was so nervous that my legs were shaking, but I thought I had to believe in myself 100% now, no matter the future," and added, "I worked on it with memories of how I practiced when I was having a hard time."

Lee Hae-in had a hard time ahead of the Olympics and had to slow down when he was doing well. After many twists and turns, she achieved her dream of participating in the Olympics and stood on the ice with the idea of giving a medal to Korean figure skating at the Olympics for the first time in 12 years since Kim Yu-na (2014).

Lee Hae-in, who was the 16th of the 24 players, started acting to the opera "Carmen." The first task was a perfect success of the double axel-triple to loop combination jump, followed by the triple lutz-double loop combination, triple salco, triple loop, flying camel spin (level 4) and Correo Squins (level 1).

In the second half of the 10% extra point, triple lutz and triple flip-double axel sequence jumps were successful without difficulty. Lee Hae-in, who finished the jump with a triple flip, finished the performance without any major mistakes due to flying change, foot combination spin (level 4).

Lee Hae-in, who posed for the final ending, lay down and smiled brightly. Lee Hae-in, who did not perform the triple axel he practiced, expressed satisfaction with a bright smile after finishing the stage neatly.

Lee Hae-in, who had been in third place for a long time, was pushed out by his competitors at the end of the game and eventually finished the competition in 11th place.

Alyssa Miu (USA), the winner of the 2025 World Championship, who already won the gold medal in the team event, received 150.20 points, scoring a total of 226.79 points, achieving two gold medals.

Japan's Sakamoto Kaori and Nakai Ami, who both won silver medals in the team event, received 147.67 points, totaling 224.90 points and 140.45 points, to become the main winners of the silver and bronze medals with 219.16 points.

Shin Ji-ah (18, Sehwa Girls' High School) once again left a regret at the landing. The technical score (TES) was 75.05 points, the art score (PCS) 65.97 points, and the total score was 141.02.

Shin Ji-ah, who was deducted one point during the subsequent jump landing process after her first jump in the short program, performed a completely different performance than before this time, even though she made a mistake.

Shin Ji-ah, who started acting for the 11th time, handled the first task double axel neatly in line with Franz Liszt's "Love Dream," and finished the triple salco well after successfully performing the triple lutz-triple toe loop, but later lost balance at the moment of landing on the triple loop and was deducted.

However, he later stabilized and succeeded in a series of triple flip-double toe-loop-double loop combination jumps, followed by triple flip and double axel sequences, and completed all jumps to triple lutz.

After that, he performed flying camel spin (level 2), step sequence (level 4), and flying change foot combination spin (level 4) without difficulty, drawing applause from the crowd.

In the short program, it was regrettable that it did not reach the personal best of 74.47 points as well as 68.80 points recorded in the team event (group event) short, but this time, it exceeded the season's best of 133.98 points, leaving a satisfactory result and finishing the competition with the final @@.

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