Figure skating men's single sign Cha Jun-hwan achieved good results in the free skating and settled into the final Top 5.
Cha Jun-hwan received a total of 182.87 points in the men's single free skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics held at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China today (10th) with 93.59 points in technique, 90.28 points in art, and one point deduction.
He finished fifth with 282.38 points in the short program, following Nathan Chen with 332.60 points, Kagiyama Yuma with 310.05 points, Uno Shoma with 293.00 points, and Hanyu Yuzuru with 283.21 points.
It is the first time since Kim Yuna that a Korean athlete has made it to the top 5 in Olympic figure skating.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Jun-hwan Cha also surpassed 15th, the highest ranking in the Korean men's singles Olympics.
Jun-hwan Cha, who became the 21st silver medalist out of 24 players, began his free skating performance against Giacomo Puccini's Turandot.
He fell heavily while attempting his first jump assignment, a four-turn jump.
However, Cha Jun-hwan, who got up bravely, cleaned his second jump task and special move, the quadruple salcho, and finished the triple lutz and triple loop combination jump without any mistakes.
He performed a high level of performance, such as successfully succeeding in the triple axel even in the second half when a 10% extra point was added.
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