the shanghai super cup kicks off on the 3rd, and both che junhuan and chen hongyi will bring surprises
2024-10-01
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the 2024 shanghai super cup will be held at the oriental sports center sea crown stadium from october 3 to 5. this super cup has three categories: short track speed, figure skating and queue skating. ice experts from china and all over the world gathered in shanghai. today, experts from all walks of life have taken to the ice to try out the ice, and will provide an on-ice feast to the shanghai audience.
experts from all over the world gather in shanghai
in the short track speed skating event, a total of 40 athletes from 5 countries and 1 region including china, south korea, the united states, ireland, australia and hong kong, china participated, of which 17 chinese athletes participated. in addition, the super cup organizing committee also invited four isu-level international referees from italy, canada, slovenia and singapore through the international skating union to join the technical team to officiate the competition.
in the figure skating event, a total of 10 athletes from the chinese team were invited to participate, including 2 men and women in single skating, 1 pair in pairs skating, and 2 pairs in ice dancing. in order to fully mobilize their competitive state and adapt to the rhythm of the competition in advance, the athletes completed a short-term closed training camp in beijing before coming to shanghai. chu mingyang, an official of the chinese national figure skating team, revealed that chen yudong and dai david respectively completed early training with high quality, an xiangyi and chen hongyi refined and perfected their respective programs, and the two young ice dance pairs xiao zixi/he ling hao and ren junfei/xing jianing are relatively new faces and are very much looking forward to accumulating experience in international competitions through the shanghai super cup stage.
caption: chinese male figure skater chen yudong
chen hongyi brings classic programs
among the above-mentioned contestants, "flame" chen hongyi is one of the figure skaters that is very popular among ice fans. in this super cup, the women's singles figure skating lineup is even stronger. in addition to china's chen hongyi and an xiangyi, there is also brady turnell from the united states. this year's four continents championship women's singles runner-up, south korea's jin cai of course, as well as the new european champion luna derricks of belgium, the competition is bound to become more intense. what is the goal of chen hongyi, who is competing for the third time? "huo miao" revealed that his mentality will definitely be more relaxed and more confident. "the results of the opponents this time are relatively good. as the first international game of each season, participating in the super cup is more about adjusting the state, and every time we can learn a lot every time we come to the super cup, and at the same time, we can test the results of this season’s preparations.”
chen hongyi won 6th place in women's single skating in the last shanghai super cup. "this is a good opportunity. i believe i can skate to the same level as in training. i can also find many problems and make timely adjustments in the following season." learn from each other’s strengths and complete the game better.”
caption: chinese female figure skater chen hongyi
of the two programs that chen hongyi brought to the super cup, she originally wanted to replace the short program with a new one, but due to the impact of injuries she has been recovering from technical movements, this idea has been put on hold for the time being. however, chen hongyi loves the original short program very much, which was arranged for her by the internationally renowned figure skating choreographer laurie during the beijing winter olympics. with this program, chen hongyi achieved her best personal score. the free skate is the familiar "moon serenade". chen hongyi said: "as a chinese athlete, i can use well-known repertoire and perform it perfectly on the field. i really hope to achieve this effect."
cha junhuan thanks ice fans for their support
among the contestants participating in the men's single skating competition, south korea's cha junhwan is a very popular one and is known as "the beautiful boy who stepped out of the comics." at the beijing winter olympics, cha jun-hwan finished fifth in men's single skating, creating the best result in korean men's figure skating history. in last year's super cup, cha junhuan was eventually overtaken by french star xiao chuanwen after leading the short program and won the runner-up in single skating. this year, he hopes to perform better and strive for higher results. the korean no. 1 brother also revealed that the program brought to shanghai this time contains surprises. "i have made corresponding preparations for the short program and free skate, and i look forward to showing it to the shanghai audience."
caption: chen hongyi (left), zhang jianing and che junhuan (first from right) attended the press conference
last year was cha junhuan's first appearance in the shanghai super cup. this event left a very good impression on him, "i have prepared some new technical moves this year, hoping to have a good performance. last season i there are some injuries, so i also look forward to avoiding injuries in the new season, participating in the super cup in a healthy state, and improving my competitive level.”
in last year's super cup, cha junhuan felt the enthusiasm of ice fans. after every game, he received the "rain of dolls" from ice fans. che junhuan especially thanked chinese ice fans for their attention, "you have always given me a lot of support, which is one of the reasons why i am always improving. on the stage of the shanghai super cup, i will let you see better performances "(xinmin evening news reporter jin lei)
