South Korea's signature figure skating men's singles skater Cha Jun-hwan continues his suffocating forced march rhythm this winter with an immature body. In November last year, after finishing the men's singles short program at the fifth stage of the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix, he gave up the competition midway through the competition due to a nerve tissue injury in his right ankle and returned home early.

Cha Joon-hwan performs in the men's singles short program at the 2025 ISU (International Skating Union) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul on the 20th

For the first time after his debut, he gave up halfway without finishing the competition, which shows that Cha Junhuan's injury is very serious. But Cha Jun-hwan rested for a while and stood up again. He participated in the first two rounds of national team trials that would have led to the qualification of the Korean national team for the new season, and in order to observe his physical condition, he participated in the 2025 Winter Universiade in Turin, and later in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin.

Despite his poor form, Cha Jun-hwan used all his strength to become the first Korean male figure skater to win the Asian Winter Games. Before the excitement of the Harbin Asian Winter Games had passed, Cha Junhuan ran in the next direction - to participate in the 2025 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul.

Maybe it's because of physical strength. On the 20th local time, Cha Junhuan did not do well in the men's singles short program held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul and ranked 4th in the first quadruple jump. He said after the game: "If it's not physically burdened, it's a lie. ”

Cha Joon-hwan performs in the men's singles short program at the 2025 ISU (International Skating Union) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul on the 20th.

But Cha Jun-hwan didn't frown. Accept the conditions given to you and strive to step to the next level. On the 22nd, he won the silver medal with a total of 185.78 points in the technical score (TES) and 90.51 points in the artistic score (PCS) in the men's singles free skate competition held at the same venue. Although he missed the beat and made a mistake in the handling of the second jump when performing the difficult quadruple jump, the rest of the performance was perfectly completed. Cha Jun-hwan smiled with satisfaction and waved to the crowd of ice fans.

After winning the gold medal in 2022 and bronze in 2024, Cha Junhuan won his third medal in the Four Continents Championship. The Four Continents Championship is a major international event in which players from four continents compete except for Asia, America, Oceania, Africa and other Europe.

Cha Joon-hwan performs in the men's singles short program at the 2025 ISU (International Skating Union) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships held at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul on the 20th.

Cha Jun-hwan, who has passed a level, is now going to play again. He will concentrate on participating in the domestic selection interviews for members of the IOC Athletes' Commission, which was scheduled for the 26th, and compete in the 2025 ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Boston, USA, which will be held from the 24th of next month.

This year's World Championships is a very important event for the quota places for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cha Jun-hwan withstood the painful ankle and ran again.