Short 2nd place figure Cha Junhwan is aiming to come from behind to win. Focus only on my acting
Feb 11, 2025
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Cha Joon-hwan received 50.58 points in technical score (TES) and 43.51 points in artistic score (PCS) in the men's single short program at the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games Figure Skating at the Heilongjiang Ice Skating Center in Harbin, China on the 11th. He ranked second among 16 players with a total score of 94.09. It is 9.72 points behind Yuma Kagiyama (103.81 points in Japan), who ranked first. Cha is aiming to win the come-from-behind championship in the free skating competition that will take place at the same venue on the 13th.
Cha was placed on the ice in the 16th order, the last of all players. He started acting in tune with the rock group Imagine Dragons' "Natural."
He got off to a fresh start, performing his first acting task, the high-level quadruple salco cleanly. In this jump, he earned a basic score of 9.70 and a performance score (GOE) of 3.49. The subsequent triple Lutz-triple loop combination jump was also neatly performed. The last task of the first half, the change foot combination spin, was elegantly handled with the highest difficulty level of Level 4, enhancing the performance completion.
The postponement of the second half, which added 10% extra points, was a little disappointing. Cha Jun-hwan shook off the landing while attempting a triple axel that rotated three and a half laps. There was no significant deduction, but the GOE was reduced by 0.80 points. However, he finished performing the change foot spin, step sequence, and change foot combination spin all at level 4.
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Cha Jun-hwan returned home early during the Finlandia Trophy competition in the fifth round of the 2024-2025 International Skating Union (ISU) Senior Grand Prix in November last year due to a chronic ankle injury. After that, he focused on managing his ankle. Cha Jun-hwan has run three quadruple jumps, including a combination, in free skating until last season, but this season he is using only two quadruple jumps as solo jumps.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
