Two is very good company for Korea's up-and-coming twin figure skaters

Figure skating twins Kim Yu-jae and Kim Yu-seong pose during an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on May 13. [WOO SANG-JO]

Born together, training together, competing against each other — Korean figure skating twins are turning synchronized lives into synchronized success on the ice.

Kim Yu-seong, who was born six minutes after her older sister, Kim Yu-jae, was born, captured a gold medal at the fifth series of the International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Junior Grand Prix in the 2025-26 season. The elder twin followed with a victory at the sixth. Together, the 17-year-old identical twins have emerged as two of the most promising figure skaters in the country.

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The twins were so strikingly alike that they seemed almost like mirror images — from their similar silhouettes and matching ponytails to their calm, even-toned voices — when the JoongAng Ilbo met them for an interview at the Gwacheon ice rink in Gyeonggi on May 13.