Figure GP Round 1 Women's Single Kaori Sakamoto is 4th October 20th 17:54
The US tournament of the first round of the figure skating and Grand Prix series was free on the second half of the women's single on the 19th. Kaori Sakamoto, who was second in the first half of the short program, was in fourth place with no improvement.
The figure skating Grand Prix series will be held six times in the world from this month to next month.
The first round of the US tournament was free on the 19th in Las Vegas on the 19th.
Sakamoto, who won last year's All Japan Championship, took the second place in the short program and faced free.
Sakamoto wasn't evaluated for the performance of the three-turn Lutz in the first half of the performance, but decided the consecutive jumps in the second half and two-turn, but the score did not increase but was 129.22. .
Sakamoto said, “Free practice was insufficient for practice. I would like to accept this situation and drive myself to the next tournament to make this regret clear.”
Shinba Higuchi was 6th at 181.32, and Shingo Yamashita was 12th at 142.40.
The winner was Russia's 15-year-old Anna Sherbakova, who debuted the Grand Prix series, and scored 227.76, including free-running 4 rounds Lutz and 3 consecutive rounds.
Men's singles were also freed in the second half, and in total with the short program, Kazutomo Tono was 5th with 229.72 and Takashiro Shimada was 10th with 216.22.
American Nathan Chen, who has won two consecutive World Championships, won 299.09 in the performance of three four-turn jumps.