Figure Skating Cha Jun-hwan, 9th Place in Short at World Championships… 4th Turn - 3rd Turn Jump and Fall
Cha Jun-hwan, who chose challenge over stability, performed high-level components, but unfortunately failed.
A world championship medal is clouded for two years in a row... 17.73 points behind 3rd place Malinin
A dark cloud has fallen over the challenge of Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University), the figure skating men's singles star, to win a medal at the World Championships for two consecutive years.
He fell while attempting an ultra-difficult combination jump with a 4-turn jump and a 3-turn jump, putting him far from medal contention. 카지노사이트
Cha Jun-hwan scored 46.27 technical points (TES), 42.94 artistic points (PCS), and 1 deduction point in the men's single short program at the 2024 International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating World Championships held at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on the 22nd (Korean time).
It ranked 9th with a total score of 88.21 points.
There was a large score gap with medal-winning athletes such as 1st place Shoma Uno (107.72 points, Japan), 2nd place Yuma Kagiyama (106.35 points, Japan), and 3rd place Ilya Malinin (105.94 points, USA).
Cha Jun-hwan, who became the first Korean male athlete to win a silver medal at the World Championships last year, attempted to win the prize for the second consecutive year, but his chances have become slim.
The free skating, where the final rankings will be decided, will be held on the 24th.
Cha Jun-hwan fell hard while running the quadruple salchow-triple toe loop combination jump, which was the first jumping task of the day.
He sped up vigorously, jumped up, and handled the first jump, the 4th turn salchow, well, but his balance wavered in the 3rd turn toe loop that followed and he fell onto the silver plate.
Cha Jun-hwan's point of execution (GOE) was reduced by 4.85 points for this jump alone, and he received a total point deduction of 1 point.
However, Cha Jun-hwan was no more shaken.
He performed the remaining performance elements perfectly.
He immediately succeeded in the quadruple toe loop jump and performed the flying camel spin at level 4, the highest level of difficulty.
Afterwards, he even performed the first jump of the second half, the triple axel, perfectly.
After completing all the jumping tasks, Cha Jun-hwan performed a change foot sit spin, change foot combination spin, and step sequence at a fast tempo.
All three acting elements received a level 4.
After finishing his performance, Cha Jun-hwan shook his head and expressed his regret.
The 4-turn and 3-turn combination jump is an extremely difficult task that Cha Jun-hwan has been tackling for several years.
He decided that it would be difficult to win an Olympic medal without this skill and trained intensively.
However, the success rate of the 4th-3rd rotation combination jump did not easily increase.
This season, he was unable to compete properly in international competitions due to a nerve injury in his right ankle.