Figure Kaori Sakamoto is 2nd in the first half Grand Prix Series 1st round, 19 October 17:48
In the short program in the first half of the women's single, the first US tournament of the first round of the figure skating Grand Prix series was opened, and Kaori Sakamoto, who won the first championship in last year's All Japan Championship, decided all the jumps and took second place.
The figure skating Grand Prix series was held six times around the world from this month to next month, and the first round of the US tournament began in Las Vegas on the 18th.
Sakamoto, who participated in the short program for the first half of the women's single, decided to make the three consecutive rounds of jumps neatly, and then succeeded in all the jumps with a calm performance.
In the last step, we achieved the highest rating of level 4 with a dynamic slide that used the entire body, and scored the top score among the participating players in terms of acting composition points indicating expressiveness, etc., and placed 2nd at 73.25. It was.
Shinba Higuchi was also acting without any major mistakes, followed by 3rd place at 71.76, and Shingo Yamashita continued to make mistakes at jumping, and finished 12th at 46.21.
The top was American Brady Tennell, 75.10.
In the men's single short program, Kazuki Tomino is 8th at 75.01 and Takashiro Shimada is 11th at 72.12.
The top was American Nathan Chen, who won the second consecutive world championship, and succeeded in the extremely difficult 4-rotation Lutz, which was 102.71.
Free of the second half of the gender single will be held on the 19th.