The World Figure Skating Championships were held in Montpellier, France, and the men's singles short program came to an end, although Yu Yu did not participate, but the Japanese players still performed strongly, winning the top three. Masamo Uno set a new personal best ranking with 109.63 points, Yuma Keyyama ranked second with 105.69 points, and Kazuki Tono ranked third with 101.12 points. Cha Junhuan, who finished fifth at the Beijing Winter Olympics, performed poorly, making major mistakes, underwhelming cycles and falling constantly. Cha Junhuan ranked 17th with 82.43 points, more than 23 points behind the first place, and performed poorly.
It should be known that before the game, the Korean media is very optimistic about Cha Junhuan, including the "Seoul Sports News" said that Che Junhuan will win the championship at this World Championships, because Yusheng Jiexian, Chen Wei and others are absent, and the players who ranked higher than Che Junhuan in the Beijing Winter Olympics did not participate, and Che Junhuan achieved the best result in the history of the Korean team that ranked 5th in the Winter Olympics, and the overall performance was very strong. Therefore, before the game, Korean media said that Cha Junhuan was a strong candidate to win the championship.
Unexpectedly, from Beijing to Montpellier, the popular Korean player Che Junhuan performed poorly, making frequent mistakes and falling down many times, and after the game, the Korean media made excuses, saying: "Figure Skating World Championships, Che Junhuan's performance is not good, mainly due to the problem of dancing shoes. During the two days of formal practice at the World Championships, the hook of Cha Junhuan's right shoelace fell off. ”
The Korea Skating Federation official said: "The ring on the top of the outside of Cha Junhuan's right shoe also fell off, and he hurriedly bought a new pair of shoes, and the boot problem is very important and sensitive for athletes." ”
Although there are certain problems with shoes, it can also be seen from Che Junhuan's performance after the Winter Olympics. After returning from Beijing, Cha Junhuan's popularity is very high, this young, handsome figure skater created the best result in the history of the Korean team, after returning to China to shoot magazines and accept endorsements, it can be said that it is very busy. Obviously, this has a certain impact on Che Junhuan's maintenance of state.
Coupled with the fact that Che Junhuan achieved the 5th place in the Olympic Games, Chen Wei, Yusheng Yuxian and others who had better results than him did not participate in the World Championships, so the pressure on Che Junhuan was actually very large, which can be seen from the Korean media before the race that Che Junhuan and Korean figure skating ushered in the hope of impacting the world championship gold medal.
At present, Cha Junhuan is more than 20 points behind first place Masama Uno, and there are many competitors in front of him, and his hopes of winning the World Championship are basically dashed in advance.