South Korea's Cha Jun-hwan, who won gold in men's figure skating singles at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, will join Seoul City Hall. A person related to the Korean ice industry said on the 14th: "The Seoul City Hall has recently secured the budget for the introduction of Cha Jun-hwan. In the future, the company will sign a contract with Cha Jun-hwan after announcing the recruitment of figure skaters at the Seoul metropolitan level. ”

Cha Junhuan performed in the men's singles free skating competition at the Harbin Asian Winter Games on the 13th

Cha Joon-hwan has been coordinating with the Seoul Metropolitan Government since last year on whether or not to join the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Cha Jun-hwan, who is about to graduate from Korea University, hopes to have a stable career as a player in the amateur team, and the Seoul City Hall has also extended an olive branch to him.

This is the first time a figure skater has signed a contract with an amateur team. Most of the Korean women's singles skaters who have achieved results in international competitions retired before graduating from university, so they have no chance of joining the amateur team.

The men's singles skaters have had relatively long careers, but with the exception of Cha Jun-hwan, no Korean men's singles skater has made a name for himself at major international competitions.

The Seoul City Hall is currently operating an amateur short track speed skating team belonging to national representatives Park Ji-won and Shim Hee-seok, and plans to consider whether to recruit other athletes after bringing in Cha Jun-hwan. Cha Jun-hwan will prepare for the International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships to be held in Seoul next week after returning home with the Korean figure skating team on the 14th.