Cha Jun-hwan → Shin Ji-A, No. 1 in the short program for the second round of the national figure skating team (all-around)
Jan 04, 2025
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Cha Joon-hwan received 48.00 points in technical score (TES), 43.53 points in art score (PCS), 1 point deduction, and 90.53 points in total in the men's single short program of the KB Financial Korea Figure Skating Championship 2025 National Figure Skating Championship and the second national team competition held at Uijeongbu Ice Rink in Gyeonggi Province on the 4th. He beat second-place Lee Si-hyung (81.42 points, Korea University) and third-place Kim Hyun-gyeom (81.30 points, Han Advertising) by a large margin. If Cha does not make a big mistake in the free skating competition held at the same venue on May 5, he will not only qualify for the national team next season but also win a ticket to the International Skating Union (ISU) World Championships in Boston in March. This year's World Championships have national quotas for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo. The World Championship qualification is given to the first and second place in men's singles and the first, second and third place in women's singles.
The national team for the next season will be decided by adding up the scores of the first national team selection match held in November last year and the results of this tournament. Cha Jun-hwan topped the first round with 264.59 points.
Cha Joon-hwan scored 9.70 points in basic score and 3.33 points in performance score (GOE) by running the first high-level jump task quadruple salco. However, he fell while attempting a triple lutz-triple loop combination jump and lost 2.95 points. Perhaps due to the mistake, he also received level 3 in the subsequent flying camel spin.
Cha Jun-hwan, who caught his breath, showed his concentration again. Cha Jun-hwan, who began to postpone the second half, played the final jump task, triple axel perfectly. Change foot spin, step sequence, and change foot combination spin were all performed at level 4, which is the highest difficulty.
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On this day, Shin Ji-ah confidently jumped the first acting task, the triple lutz-triple toe loop combination jump. He earned a basic score of 10.10 and a GOE of 1.77 points. I also handled the second jump, the double axel, neatly. After performing the flying Carmel spin at level 3, Shin Ji-ah was judged to be attentive on the triple flip, the last jump task, leaving a slight regret. However, both the change foot combination spin and step sequence and rayback spin were performed at level 4 and received applause.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
