International rules, however, mean that Young will not be eligible to represent South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang because she is too young. 

International Skating Union rules state that a competitor must be "at least the age of fifteen (15) before July 1st preceding these events", which will rule Young out because she does not turn 15 until May 27, 2019. 

Young will be forced to wait until she is 13 to compete at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, due to ISU rules. 

She will then been forced to wait for two further years before she would become eligible to compete in the ladies’ event at the World Figure Skating Championships.

The first senior World Championships she will be eligible to take part in is due to be 2020. 

Young's victory broke the record for the youngest winner of the competition, eclipsing Kim, who earned her first triumph at the National Championships in 2003 at the age of 12 years and six months.

Kim, who was present to see her record fall, went on to win the title at the event on six occasions during a stunning career, including winning two world titles and the ladies singles Olympic gold medal at Vancouver 2010 and silver at Sochi 2014.

Young proved a class above her compatriots throughout the duration of the competition at the Mokdong Ice Rink.

Her short programme score of 61.09 points proved to be the highest in event and she backed up that display by topping the free skate standings with 122.66.

The performances saw the rising star finish on a total of 183.75 points, with nearest rival Choi Da-bin finishing 6.46 adrift, the 15-year-old winning silver at the event for the second consecutive year.

Her tally of 183.75 points would have placed her seventh at last year's 2015 World Championships in Shanghai.

The Championships also saw Lee June-hyoung claim his second men’s national title, while Ji Min-ji and Themistocles Leftheris won the pairs competition.

Russian-born South Korean Kirill Minov joined Rebeka Kim to win the ice dance gold.