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Figure Skating: Cheol Jun-hwan wins silver...First podium for Korean men = World Championships

On the 25th, at the ISU Figure Skating World Championships 2023 held at Saitama Super Arena, Che Junghwan took second place in the Men's Single Free Skate with a total of 196.39 points: 105.65 for Technical Skating Score (TES) and 90.74 for Performance Component Score (PCS).

Che Junghwan, who scored his best score of 99.64 points in the short program (SP) on the 23rd, also set a new personal best in the free skate, taking second place with a total score of 296.03 points. His Free Skate score was 13.52 points higher than his 182.87 at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and his total was also 13.65 points higher than his 282.38 at the same Olympics. 　Che Junghwan showed a stable performance on the same day. He started his performance to the theme song "No Time To Die" from the "007" movie series, and successfully executed two quadruple jumps. She earned a GOE of 4.16 points for her quadruple salvo and a GOE of 3.53 points for her quadruple toeloop. 　

She also made no mistake on her triple Lutz-triple loop combination jumps, and although she received an Attention on her triple flip, she was able to get into the flow with her flying camel spin and step sequence, all at Level 4, the highest difficulty level. He was in the flow. In the second half of the jumps, where she earned 10% extra points, she smoothly connected the triple axel-double axel jump sequence and the triple axel, triple lutz-single oiler-triple sulkow jump combination. The triple Axel - double Axel jump sequence and the triple Axel, triple Lutz - single oiler - triple Sarkou jump combination were smoothly connected.

 　At the post-match press conference, Che Šunhwan said: "I am very happy to win a medal, and I am very satisfied with my skating today," "I have practiced so hard, and I really enjoyed today. I really wanted to enjoy today, but I think I gave it my all while having fun," he commented. 　With Cheol's performance, Korea has earned three slots for the men's singles competition at next year's World Championships, and according to ISU rules, if one skater from a country competes and finishes in the top two, it will be awarded three slots for next season.

Reporter Yoon Ye-Won

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