Cha Jun-hwan Finished in Fourth Place in Olympic Short Program

Cha Jun-hwan finished in fourth place in the men’s figure skating short program. Also, he achieved his personal best. However, fellow South Korean Lee Si-hyeong finished in 27th place. Cha had a clean run with an element score of 54.30 and a component score of 45.21. It resulted in a personal best of 99.51 in the event.

Cha achieved his previous personal record at the Four Continents two weeks ago. Also, he won Korea’s first gold medal at the event with a score of 98.96. In addition, he performed Eternal Eclipse’s Fate of the Clockmaker at the Olympics and Four Continents.

Cha began his routine with a quadruple salchow, according to sports news coverage. Also, he landed his next two jumps and a triple axel. Then, he finished it off with a triple lutz-triple toe. His clean performance landed him in fourth place. According to online sportsbooks, Nathan Chen of the US got the top score, with Yuma Kagiyama and Shoma Uno of Japan rounding out the top three.

Cha Jun-hwan Finished in Fourth Place

Figure skaters got two separate routines: free skate and short program. Medals are awarded after tallying the two scores from both events. The Olympic free skate event will be on Thursday.

According to people who bet on volleyball and other Olympic sports, Cha had a clean run. Also, it seemed like he enjoyed every moment of the run. It didn’t seem like Cha was nervous at all. Finally, however, Cha confessed that he wanted to enjoy the moment more because the Olympics come once every four years.

On the other hand, Lee made his Olympic debut with a component score of 35.94 and an element score of 30.75. As a result, he finished 27th in the short skate event. Lee began with a quadruple salchow and landed a triple axel. However, he missed a quarter rotation. Also, he fell after trying to land a triple lutz-triple toe combination.

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