"Perfectly charged" Cha Jun-hwan, "It's a shame that my score is lower than expected, but that moment is mine"... Let's leave the short behind and go free [the scene of Milan]

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"Your score was lower than I expected. It was a bummer"

Cha Jun-hwan (Seoul Metropolitan Government) held an official training session for men's single figure skating at the Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, on the 12th (local time).

In the men's single short program on the 10th, Cha Joon-hwan received a total of 92.72 points with 50.08 points in the technical score (TES) and 42.64 points in the art score (PCS), ranking sixth out of 29 players.

Cha Jun-hwan, who is participating in the third Winter Olympics after Pyeongchang in 2018 and Beijing in 2022, is aiming for a medal in this competition. The difference in score from third-place Adam Xiao Himpa (102.55 points in France) is 9.83 points, and medal tickets are available only if they score as much as possible in free skating.

Cha Jun-hwan, who met with reporters after training, looked bright. When asked, "How are you feeling?" he said, "It's almost charging. I still have one more day to play, but I'm going to charge it perfectly today and tomorrow," he said with a smile.

When asked if there were any regrets because the score was lower than expected after the short program, he said, "When I checked the results, the score was lower than expected, so honestly, I wasn't disappointed. "I enjoyed the process enough, but I don't think the results followed as I thought," he said honestly.

Regarding only level 3 in the step sequence, he said, "The triple axel ruled that the number of revolutions was insufficient and the level was also reduced in the step sequence. If the referee scored strictly in the technical area, it can be admitted and moved on. However, I think it came out too unfortunately compared to what I did on PCS," he explained.

At the same time, he said, "Even if I didn't get as many points as I wanted, I think I took it at that moment. It is because the fact that we did our best does not change," he added.

The Milan Ice Skating Arena will feature figure skating and short track speed skating. There is also an opinion that the reason why players often fall and collide in short track is because the ice quality is soft.

When asked about this, Cha Jun-hwan said, "I don't prefer soft ice quality either. When the ice is soft, it is dug up more on the blades of skating. In particular, when a figure lands, when ice pops, it freezes as it is and looks like a protrusion. I'm sure the ice quality is a little soft," he said.

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