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Cha Jun-hwan, the leader of the Korean male figure skating team who started free skating today (10th), achieved the highest personal score and ranked 5th, recording the best performance of a Korean male figure.

The gold medal went to 'Nathan Chen' of the United States. 



Correspondent Seo Dae-won. 



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Cha Jun-hwan, who recorded his personal best in the short program, started unsteadily after falling off the 4th quadruple toe loop, his first jump in free skating. 



But he was no longer shaken. 



The second quadruple jump quadruple Salchoe ran flawlessly, and the subsequent triple jump jump was also neat. 




Cha Jun-hwan, who performed flawlessly even the jumps in the second half with extra points, shook his head after finishing his acting, expressing his disappointment. 



Still, he finished fifth with a total score of 282.38, breaking his personal best by more than nine points. 



At the age of 17, she surpassed the 15th place in the history of the best Korean men recorded at the Pyeongchang Olympics four years ago, and entered the 'Olympic Top 5' for the first time since Yuna Kim. 



[Junhwan Cha/National Figure Skating Team: There was a big mistake in the beginning of the game, but it seems like it was a satisfying game because it seemed like it was finished after a good fight.] 



Junhwan Cha, who revealed the future of Korean figure skating in Pyeongchang, proudly held the world stage on the second Olympic stage. He has established himself as a top player. 



Nathan Chen of the USA showed off her overwhelming skills to win the championship. 



He flew like the background music 'Rocketman', such as receiving additional points in all five four-round jumps, and wiped out the regret of being only 5th in Pyeongchang. 



[Nathan Chen/USA Figure Skating Team: This is a very special victory for me.

It was a goal I had dreamed of since I started figure skating.

It's an incredible moment.] 



Japan's Hanyu finished in 4th place. 



Although the 'Olympic trophy for 3 consecutive years' was canceled, he received applause for his challenging spirit of trying the four-and-a-half quadruple axel to the end, which is an 'unknown area'. 



(Video coverage: Chan-soo Lee, video editing: Il Nam)