Hongyi CHEN (CHN) | Women Free Skating | Four Continents | Seoul 2025 | #4ContsFigure

Representing People's Republic of China, Hongyi Chen. So to get us underway in group number two, lying in 16th place, she had a season's best score in the short program. Great that she can do it again here in the free. We wish her all the best of luck. Hongyi Chen for China. Yeah, that's a really great combination. She carried the speed through on that first part. Triple toe, triple toe, triple toe. A little bit late with the rotation on the triple lutz. Doubling out there to really keep the outside edge very well. Triple salchow, double toe. Doubling out on the salchow. Feel the heart. Double axel. Representing People's Republic of China, Hongyi Chen. It is not easy when things don't go according to plan. I've got to say, she started off so well. The speed, the attack, the drive that she had in that combination at the beginning. Got herself nearly nine points on that one jump pass. The triple toe, triple toe. But then mistakes just started eking into the program when she doubled out on the lutz. The lutz before was under-rotated, I'm pretty sure. Both of them look to me to change edge. Let's see what the technical panels say. Just remember on lutzes at left foot, if you rotate the normal way around, you've got to stay on an outside edge. Here it is. Watch it here at the left foot. It just drifts onto the inside. You can see the turn at the end of the jump as well. Yeah, they've given her a warning and an under-rotation on that one. And you can't knock that. They're trying to build the points. Double axel, double toe, double loop. But even on the double axel, she's inside that last corner. It's not fully rotating. And if you don't get the airtime, it is so, so difficult to get round. That can be partly due to not getting yourself warm, getting those legs going so you can't get down into the knees. Could be injury, could be nerves. In my case, all three. But it is hard when things aren't working and you've got to dig deep. And we've seen some performances, haven't we, already where skaters have found something after a couple of mistakes. So important when you're practicing, you know, if you start your program and the first two jumps don't work, don't go back and stop the music. Keep going and practice getting out of trouble. So 91.13, second on the free. That'll be second overall, I think. Yep, 138.70 goes in behind Tara Prasad for India.