'Jump Hunting' figure skater Lee Hae-in ranked 6th in women's short at the 3rd Grand Prix competition

Japan's Chiba Monet leads with 76.08 points

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = Figure skating women's single Lee Hae-in (Korea University) ranked 6th in the short program of the International Skating Union (ISU) Senior Grand Prix, where she competed for the first time this season.

Lee Hae-in received 67.49 points, including technical score (TES) of 34.86 and artistic score (PCS) of 32.63, in the short program of the 'Cup of China' 3rd competition of the 2026-2027 ISU Figure Skating Senior Grand Prix held at the Shenzhen Universiade Center in Shenzhen, China on the 6th.

Lee Hae-in, who was 9.41 points short of his ISU certified highest score (76.90 points), ranked 6th among 12 participating players.

The gap with Japan's Monet Chiba (76.08 points), who took the lead, is 8.59 points.

Lee Hae-in will attempt to enter the medal zone through the free skating held on the 7th.

Although he took the lead in the 'difficult' triple axel (three and a half mid-air rotations), the level of completion left something to be desired.

Lee Hae-in was judged to have performed a quarter landing (when the jump rotation was less than 90 degrees) on the triple axel (basic score of 8 points) attempted as her first jumping task, and her performance score (GOE) was reduced by 1.14 points.

Lee Hae-in treated his first jump, a triple lutz, as a single and then connected a triple toe loop jump.

As the single jump was treated as an unnecessary element, the base score was 4.2 points and the GOE was reduced by 2.10 points, resulting in only 2.10 points.

Lee Hae-in, who treated the Flying Camel Spin to level 4, escaped the crisis by earning a GOE of 1.29 points in the triple flip (base score of 5.83 points) performed in the extra point section.

Lee Hae-in finished the performance by sequentially performing a sit spin (level 4), a change foot combination spin (level 4), and a step sequence (level 3).