[Diary Point | Reporter Eom Ju-yong] South Korea’s Haein Lee (Korea University) won bronze with 210.79 points in the women’s singles at the 2026–27 ISU Senior Grand Prix Cup of China, held in Shenzhen, China, on November 7. Lee, who stood sixth after the short program, moved up to third with a free skate score of 143.30. In the ISU’s final results, Japan’s Mone Chiba took first with 224.48 points, followed by Alexandra Ignatova in second with 221.27. Lee climbed three places from sixth.
Lee’s free skate score comprised 76.77 points in technical elements and 66.53 in program components. She landed a triple Axel, earning 8 points in base value and 1.60 in grade of execution. She scored 67.49 in the short program, placing sixth. Her combined score for the short program and free skate was 210.79.
The bronze was Lee’s first individual medal on the senior Grand Prix circuit. She finished fourth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France and the 2023 NHK Trophy, and reached the podium on her third attempt to win a senior Grand Prix medal. The ISU’s athlete records also list ninth place at the 2025 Cup of China and eighth at the 2025 Skate America, in addition to the 2023 Grand Prix de France and NHK Trophy. Lee’s total score at the 2025 Cup of China was 177.32.
Lee won silver at the 2023 World Championships and gold at the Four Continents Championships that year, but had not won a medal on the Grand Prix series. ISU records show that she earned two golds and one bronze on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. According to her ISU profile, Lee was born in Daejeon on April 16, 2005. Her 2023 Four Continents title was the first by a South Korean woman since Yuna Kim, while her World Championships silver was the country’s first women’s medal at the event since Kim won gold in 2013.
Japan’s Mone Chiba won the women’s singles title at the Cup of China with 224.48 points, while Alexandra Ignatova took silver with 221.27. Lee was sixth after the short program but finished third in the free skate, behind the two medalists, to secure bronze overall. According to the ISU’s published schedule, the event was the third stop of the 2026–27 Grand Prix series and took place in Shenzhen from November 6 to 8. The women’s free skate was held on November 7 at 4:30 p.m. local time.