[서울신문] Figure Skating Prince Cha Jun-hwan placed 8th in the World Championships… Beijing Olympic Quarter Green Light

Korean men’s figure skating signboard Cha Jun-hwan (20, Korea University) took 8th place in the International Ice Skating Federation (ISU) World Championship Short Program and stepped closer to acquiring two tickets to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Cha Jun-hwan ranked 8th in the men’s single at the 2021 ISU Figure Skating World Championships held at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on the 26th (Korean time) with 91.15 points combined with 49.80 points in technical score (TES) and 41.35 points in art score (PCS). .

ISU will award tickets to the Beijing Olympics by country based on the results of this competition. When one player from a country competes, 3 tickets for runners-up and 2 tickets for the 3rd to 10th place are given. Cha Jun-hwan, who successfully entered the top 10, will secure two Beijing Olympics quarters if he maintains his ranking in single free skating on the 27th.

Cha Jun-hwan also challenges Korea’s best men’s singles at the World Championships. The highest grade of all time was 14th by Jeong Seong-il in 1991.

Cha Jun-hwan, the first in group 5, played vigorously in line with the short program Dark Pastoral. The first jump task and special move, Quadruple Salko (4 rounds), was handled neatly and scored 9.70 points and 2.49 GOE points.

After that, the triple lutz-triple loop combination jump with a base score of 10.80 was also performed cleanly. Cha Jun-hwan treated the Flying Camel Spin to Level 4 and improved the perfection of the acting, and then finished the triple Axel jump that turns three and a half laps in the second half with a 10% bonus. Cha Jun-hwan, who played at the highest level 4 in all of the change foot seat spin, step sequence, and change foot combination spin, showed satisfaction with a wide smile.

First place was Yuzuru Hanyu (106.98 points in Japan), who won the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Yuma Kagiyama (100.96 points in Japan) took second place. Nathan Chen (US 98.85 points), who challenged the world championship’s third consecutive victory, made a big mistake of falling while trying the first jump, the Quadruple Luts, and climbed to third place.

Reporter Ryu Jae-min [email protected]