Rising figure skating star Seo Minkyu is the nation's first to win the junior men's singles title at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

He finished first in the junior men's free skate on March 2 with a score of 150.17 at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan -- 73.45 in the technical element score and 76.72 for the program component score.

Performing to a song from the musical "Notre Dame de Paris," Seo with an overall score of (230.75) edged out by 1.44 points Nakata Rio (229.31) of Japan for the gold, while Adam Hagara (225.61) of Slovakia won the bronze. 토토사이트 The Korean's tally included 80.58 from his short program.

The win made Seo the nation's first to win the junior men's singles title at the tournament. Male or female, Kim Yuna in 2006 was the country's last skater to strike gold in the competition.

Also in Taipei, Shin Jia on March 1 earned the silver for the third year in a row in the junior women's singles with an overall score of 212.43 -- 138.95 from the free skate plus 73.48 from her short program.