2025 Cup of China Men's Free Skate

[YuBluByMe]

Very hard fall on the 4T!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Oh nooooo Jun.

We believe in you!

And hey what happened to his usual shirt vents?

 

[TallyT]

Jun is pretty well the most handsome man on the current circuit and he knows to stick to his own style of clothes, even if some side-eye the messy shirts. I could live without Moulin Rouge for a few millennia but hey, he looks good doing it.

Well he did. Ouch...

 

[GGFan]

Why does one of the best interpreters of music in men's skating have to choose Moulin Rouge for an Olympic season program? I think it's beneath him.

 

[readernick]

If there were medals for number of crossovers Vlad would certainly get one. Probably gold.

Oh he has a lot of competition for this one. It would be neck and neck for over half the men's field and not an insignificant number in the women's field.

 

[cathlen]

I'm starting to get worried.

 

[readernick]

The falls were just so so scary that I have no comment on this program.

 

[auser]

oh dear lovely cha and why are you skating to tired Moulin Rouge?

 

[GGFan]

Love Jun's style, packaging and musicality. I hope he peaks later in the season.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

6. Junhwan CHA KOR
FS: The Show Must Go On by Queen; El Tango de Roxanne (Moulin Rouge soundtrack); Come What May (Moulin Rouge soundtrack); choreo by Shae-Lynne Bourne

4S+3Tq
4T< (hard fall, completely off-axis)
2S
3Aq (fall)
StSq4
3Lz+1Eu+2S
3Fq+2A+SEQ
FCSp3
FCCoSp4
3Fq (steps out on transition out)
ChSq1
CCoSp3

SP: 75.61 (7th)
FS: 141.92 (3rd)
TOT: 217.53 (3rd)

Oh Jun . Those boot issues are totally hindering him, apparently he had a pair that broke down after like 2 weeks and he's still struggling to find a pair that works. I love the choreo in this program, even if I detest the music and the cuts, his skating quality is so good and he really gave his all to that step sequence. If he doesn't have the boots sorted by his next event, I hope he WDs, he could've injured himself with those hard falls.

 

[Lunalovesskating]

This ice is cursed

 

[YuBluByMe]

Why is Cha skating to this? I know damn well he didn’t wake up in the morning and say “Man, I wanna skate to some Moulin Rouge!” He’s so much better than this.

…oh man, this is a rough skate. Well he toughed it out but that was hard to watch.

 

[anonymoose_au]

That was really rough, but damn if that Juna Bauer isn't worth the price of admission.

I sure hope he's OK though... Poor Jun.

 

[Sabsi]

Junhwan is always beautiful to watch, but this was not the redemption skate I had hoped for. And why did he tape his skate boots?

 

[Jeanie19]

Cha. Great shirt. A rough skate, is it his boots?

 

[cocteautwin]

Oh Jun If only he had a pair of boots... At this point I can't even focus on his program, just watching all of this tape on his boots and anxiously waiting for them to fall into pieces.

 

[Ares]

Moulin Rouge? First time hearing it for figure skating, I'm blown away by the originality

 

[TallyT]

This ice is cursed

When CoC turns nasty.... it really does. Let's hope the rest do well!

 

[Kris135]

This was not his best.

 

[paulusfr]

All I am going say his choreographer needs to be fired. This is a horrible mismatch of music cuts and somebody needs to answer for this. I think he is a good skater but his packaging is terrible and he would really go up ranks.

Like, this is a typical russian program. They are not known for their taste. Same vibes with georgian pair's programs. But as you can see, this has no effect on the scores.