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17-year-old Cha Joon-hwan, who has grown up sharply this season, will challenge his first medal in Korean men's figure at the Senior Grand Prix, which opens tomorrow (27th).

It is reporter Ha Seongryong.

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Cha Jun-hwan, who has been in his second year of seniority, has made remarkable progress since his debut in the Challenger competition, which is one step lower than the Grand Prix since last month.

It was the first Korean figure skating to score 90 points on the shorts.

After resting after the Pyeongchang Olympic Games, he recovered from an ankle injury and became even lighter. In addition to quadruple salto, which is the main weapon in Canadian battery training, he concentrated his efforts on the quadruple toe loop, Your score has risen sharply.

Cha Jun-hwan, who has been in the top 9 in his senior debut season last year, is determined to continue his upturn by showing clean performance from the first Grand Prix of the season.

[Cha Jun-hwan / figure skating national representative: I think I did a lot of practice in other program completion (height) as well as 4 rotation jump. I hope I showed you a good look.]

Pyeongchang Olympic silver medalist Uno Shoma is the only player among 12 players who has a higher overall score than Cha Joon-hwan this season.