Youth Olympic Figure Men's Kagiyama Gold Medal January 13 4:20
16-year-old Yuma Kagiyama won a gold medal in the figure skating men's single at the Lausanne Youth Olympics.
On the fourth day of the Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, the second half of the men's single figure skating was free on the 12th day of the Games.
Kagiyama started free from the third place, a gap of 6.96 points from the top, and in the three consecutive jumps in the middle of the performance, the planned triple jump was changed to two, but the last jump was changed to triple axel I landed firmly.
Kagiyama, who also achieved the highest level of spin and step 4 in the ranking, marked his free best of the season at 166.41.
As a result, Kagiyama won the gold medal by reversing with the short program totaling 239.17.
This is the second Japanese player to win a gold medal in this tournament.
Kagiyama said, "I made a small mistake but I was able to slip tight. Last month, I changed the last jump to a triple axel and made it a success. I'm really happy to win a gold medal in this tournament where I can't compete. "
About Yuma Kagiyama
Kagiyama is 16 years old from Kanagawa Prefecture.
He won the All Japan Junior Championships held last November and won the right to participate in this tournament. It is a hope that he will be in third place in the All-Japan Championship held last month, following Masama Uno and Yuzuki Hanyu, with a specialty of quadruple jumps and acting full of expressiveness.
His father, Masakazu, is a coach who has competed in the Olympic Games in two consecutive events, Albertville and Lillehammer, and Kagiyama aims to compete in the Olympic Games with his parents and children.