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Cha Jun-hwan (25, Seoul Metropolitan Government), a leading figure skating player in South Korea, started sixth in the short program, showing difficulty in jumping.
Cha Jun-hwan scored a total of 88.89 points in the men's single short program at the '2026 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships' held in Beijing, China on the 24th (Korea Standard Time), adding 1.00 points to the technical score (TES) of 46.32 and the art score (PCS) of 43.57 points.
This is a record that falls short of his season's high, ranking sixth among all participants. The mistake of the high-level jump attempted early in the game was decisive.
On this day, Cha Jun-hwan attempted his first task, a four-round jump, but he made a mistake of falling on the ice due to the unstable landing. As a result, he received a large deduction in the performance score (GOE), and received an additional deduction due to the fall, resulting in a large loss of points.
However, Cha Jun-hwan continued the rest of the performance without being shaken. He calmly performed the following triple axels and combination jumps, and showed off his unique expressive power by receiving the highest difficulty level of level 4 in the spin and step sequences, which are non-jumping tasks. Although the mistake of the first jump was painful, he handled the remaining tasks stably and maintained the upper-middle ranking.
This is a major competition featuring athletes from Asia, America, Oceania, and Africa except Europe. In particular, it is significant in that it is the last actual inspection stage ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, which will open in February. He is facing the task of improving his condition at this competition, which is a prelude to the Olympics.
Cha Jun-hwan, who finished sixth in the short program, had a slight gap with the lead, but the possibility of entering the medal table is open depending on the results of the free skating. Cha Jun-hwan will try to overturn the ranking in men's single free skating on the 26th.
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