South Korean figure skater Shin Jia placed sixth in the women's short program at her first senior Grand Prix event of the season after a costly jumping error.
Shin scored 65.38 points at the second event of the 2026-27 ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix series in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Saturday, earning 34.94 points for technical elements and 31.44 for program components, with a one-point deduction.
She finished 16.73 points behind leader Mao Shimada of Japan, who scored 82.11. Isabeau Levito of the United States was second with 78.50, while Estonia's Niina Petrokina was third with 77.24.
Shin successfully landed her opening double Axel but fell while attempting a triple Lutz on her second jumping pass, resulting in the deduction.
The rest of her program was solid. She received the highest difficulty level, Level 4, for her flying camel spin and cleanly completed a triple flip-double toe loop combination in the second half of the program, when jumps receive a 10 percent bonus.
Her change-foot combination spin, step sequence and layback spin were also all awarded Level 4.
Fellow South Korean Kim Yu-jae finished eighth with 63.50 points.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
