Secured up to two Beijing Olympic Quarters
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Cha Jun-hwan (20, Korea University) took 10th place at the World Championships, writing the highest ranking ever for Korean figure skating men.
On the 27th (local time) at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on the 27th (local time), Cha Jun-hwan scored 72.90 points for technical (TES), 82.94 points for art (PCS), and deducted points in the men’s single free skating at the 2021 International Ice Skating Federation (ISU) World Championships in Figure Skating. I scored 154.84 points for 1 point. The previous day, he finished in 10th place with a total of 245.99 points, combined with 91.15 points for the short program.
With this, Cha Jun-hwan surpassed the 14th place recorded by Jeong Seong-il in 1991, and changed the best results of the Korean Men’s Singles World Championships in 30 years.
With Cha Jun-hwan’s entry into the top 10, Korea secured at least one and a maximum of two men’s singles at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. ISU awards Olympic tickets for each country based on the results of the World Championships. When one player from one country competes, 3 cards are awarded for runners-up and 2 cards are awarded for the 3rd to 10th place. However, Cha Jun-hwan did not confirm the trip to Beijing. Athletes who will compete in the Beijing Olympics are selected separately for domestic selection. As Cha Jun-hwan’s skills are far superior to other domestic athletes, the possibility of participating in the Olympics is high.
American’jump machine’ Nathan Chen (320.88 points) set a record for three consecutive World Championships, and Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan, 289.18 points), who won two consecutive Olympics in Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, finished in third place. Yama Yuma (291.77 points) came in second.
Meanwhile, in the women’s singles that ended the day before, Lee Hae-in (Sehwa Girls’ High School) and Kim Ye-rim (Surigo) ranked 10th and 11th, respectively, and Korean figure skating women’s singles also won two Beijing Olympic Quarters.
/ Reporter Park Min-young [email protected]
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