Figure Skater Cha Jun-hwan Wins Gold in Men's Singles at Harbin AG... Comeback Victory Against Japan's Gakiyama

Total Score of 281.69 Points
Defeats Yuma Kagiyama (272.76 Points) to Win the Gold

Figure skating men's singles star Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University) won the gold medal at the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games.

Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan is performing in the men's singles free skating at the Harbin Winter Asian Games held on the 13th at the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center Multipurpose Hall in Harbin, China. Photo by Yonhap News

On the 13th, Cha Jun-hwan scored a technical element score (TES) of 99.02 points and a program component score (PCS) of 88.58 points, totaling 187.60 points in the men's singles free skating held at the Heilongjiang Ice Training Center Multipurpose Hall in Harbin, China.

With a short program score of 94.09 points, Cha Jun-hwan achieved a final total score of 281.69 points, defeating the 'Asia's strongest' Yuma Kagiyama (Japan, 272.76 points), who made multiple mistakes, to claim the victory.

The bronze medal was won by Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan (246.01 points), and Kim Hyun-kyum (Hangwang High School), who also competed in the same event, withdrew due to ankle pain. North Korea's Ro Yong-myung finished in 5th place with a final total score of 205.16 points.

Korean figure skating achieved the feat of winning both men's and women's singles at this competition, following Kim Chae-yeon (Surigo High School) in the women's singles.