Figure Japan Open Tulsois scores high on Oct. 5 at 18:32
Japan Open, an international tournament for figure skating in a team battle, was held in Saitama City, and women's single Rika Kihira succeeded two great triple axels. It was a tournament that showed the high level of this season, such as marking 4 points and marking a score much higher than Kihei.
The Japan Open of Figure Skating is a group battle in which three teams in Japan, Europe and North America compete to create a team of four male and female single players and compete for the total number of free performances.
Kihei, who won the Grand Prix Final last season with a female single, succeeded in a triple jump and a two-turn toe loop continuous jump when deciding a single triple accelerator, and the score was 144.76.
On the European team, Russia's 15-year-old Tulsois showed an overwhelming performance of landing four types of four-turn jumps, including four-turn lutz, which was difficult and difficult for men to succeed.
Tulsois did not reach the highest score in the world last month, but marked a high score of 160.53.
In addition, Pyongchang Olympic gold medalist and Russian Arena Zagitowa also showed almost perfect performance with high performance points in every jump, surpassing 154.41 and Kihei by nearly 10 points, the level of this season's level It became a tournament that shows.
On the other hand, Masao Uno, the men's single, played in a configuration that was much less difficult than last season, with this tournament being the first game of the season, with two four-turn jumps.
However, the score did not increase due to the lack of vivid performance, such as falling on a 4-turn toe loop, which was 169.09. Japan did not win for the second consecutive year and was second only to Europe.
Kihira "4 rotations are required this season"
Rika Kihira remarked on the performance on the 5th, “I could say that I was able to clean up the triple axel and put the performance together, but I made a mistake with a three-turn jump, so I wanted to improve it.”
Regarding the failure to incorporate the 4-rotation Sarko into the performance, he said, “I couldn't get on the ice better than I expected with Kasa practice. Did.
About this season, he said, “I need a 4-turn Sarko, so I want to keep a stable score by practicing well and thinking about how to make it as high as possible.”
Tulsois "Triple Accel Now"
Alexandra Tulsois, a 15-year-old Russian who scored a high score of over 160 points by landing four types of four-turn jumps, said, “I am happy with today ’s slide. I'm happy, but I just want to practice where I can improve. "
On top of that, I revealed that I was also practicing triple accelerators, and I think I will introduce them soon. I want to put them in as soon as I can jump. I showed that.
Uno "Not an unexpected mistake"
Masao Uno, a male single who lacked a sense of detail with four-turn jumps, said, “This performance was very difficult, but it still made a mistake. “It was not a mistake but a common mistake in practice. It was not a problem in the game but a problem in the condition of the practice.”
On top of that, “I think it would be nice to be able to perform somewhere in this season that seems to have been fun after the performance was over, and that ’s the biggest goal of this season. I wish I could do it. "