Figure Japan Open Kihira Uno et al. Official Practice October 4th 19:41
Rika Kihira and Masama Uno coordinated the venue link before the Japan Open, the international figure skating event, was held in Saitama City on the 5th.
The Japan Open of Figure Skating is a tournament where four men and women singles form a team in a team battle of three teams in Japan, Europe and North America, and compete for the total number of free performances. To do.
Athletes practiced at the link of the venue in Saitama City before the competition on the 5th.
Of these, Kihei, who won the Grand Prix Final last season with a female single, wore a production costume and repeated the practice of triple accelerator, which is a big scoring source.
While confirming the crossing posture, Kihira was icing a continuous jump of 3 revolutions from the triple accelerator to increase his concentration for the actual performance.
Russia ’s 15-year-old Alexandra Tulsois, who scored the world ’s highest free scoring at three international tournaments last month, included four-turn lutz, which is difficult and difficult for boys. I made four types of four-turn jumps on the ice and asked how good they were.
On the other hand, the men ’s single Pyeongchang Olympics and silver medalist Uno will be showing off for the first time this season. In the practice that applied the ballad-like song, I decided a good triple accelerator, and in the second half of the performance I showed the feeling of ice, such as showing `` Crimkin Eagle '' which opens both legs and warps the upper body It was.
Kihira "I want to decide two triple accelerators"
Rika Kihira, a female single, said, “I'm feeling better now than I had expected, so I think I can do a good performance if I can match the condition well. Triple Axel has challenged many times so far, I finally decided that I would decide on both of them in order to perform what I thought would be good, "he expressed his enthusiasm for the success of two triple accelerators.
As for Russian Alexandra Tulsois, who uses a four-turn jump as a weapon, “I had been in the same tournament about two years ago, and since then I have been practicing a four-turn jump. I think it was great to see the jump today, and I thought it would be great to have a four-turn jump in order to follow the score of Tulsois. I have to let it go. "
In addition, as for whether to put the practiced 4-turn Sarko into the performance on the 5th, “The other jumps are just barely so I am not able to put in 4 turns so far. The state of ice and my senses by tomorrow. I think it will also suit, so it will be a decision to look at it, but now I want to make a configuration that can do without mistakes. "
Uno “I want to gradually improve my condition”
“I ’m not in a good condition, but I think it ’s good and bad throughout the season, so I do n’t want to pull on the team. I want to do what I can do now, ”he said.
Also, regarding this season without facing the main coach, “I think that the environment has changed from the outside, but since last season I have thought about practice time and content by myself, so it has changed so far I didn't. "
And "I want to improve the completeness of the program this season and work harder on the expression than jumping. I've continued to prioritize jumping so far, so this season I want to pursue more than just jumping." He showed his attitude to the season based on new ideas.