Figure Skating East Japan Championship Men's Single 16-year-old Sato wins November 7, 23:39
The East Japan Championship for figure skating was held in Yamanashi Prefecture, and in the men's singles, 16-year-old Shun Sato won the free and difficult quadruple Lutz in the second half.
The East Japan Championship, which is the qualifying for the All Japan Championship to be held in December, was held in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, and on the 7th of the second day, men's and women's singles were free.
Of these, Sato, who took the lead in the short program in the first half of the men's single, jumped on the difficult quadruple Lutz at the beginning of the free run and landed on the ice although the jump was disturbed.
After that, he made a quadruple jump and fell, but decided to make a continuous jump from the triple accelerator and marked a score of 147.34.
Sato won the short program with a total of 229.18.
Yuma Kagiyama, 17 years old, who was second in the short program, went free with a new song and choreography that she had just changed about a month ago.
I decided to make a continuous jump from the first 4 rotations and a subsequent 4 rotation jump, but in addition to a fall in the subsequent steps, mistakes continued in the second half of the jump and the score was 140.60, totaling 212.32. It was the second place.
In the women's singles, the leader of the short program, Wakaba Higuchi, challenged the triple accelerator for free and the jump was disturbed, but with a score of 132.53 such as icing, he won the championship with a total of 203.24.
Sato "I've come to a pretty good place"
Sato, who won the championship, said, "I was able to perform without mistakes in practice, but my physical strength in the second half was tight. I have to slip in more. Today's quadruple Lutz has turned too much, but I am in good shape. We've come to a good point. For the next NHK Cup, I'd like to work on making mistake-free performances in both the short program and free time. "
Kagiyama "I didn't practice enough"
Kagiyama, who was in second place, said, "I wasn't expecting to fall on the step, and after that I didn't feel any strength. I was prepared to be strict because I had just changed the free songs and choreography, but it was simple. I wasn't practicing enough because I had a word of humor, "he recalled.
On top of that, "I'm glad I didn't run to the end, but I also found that I wasn't happy with this tournament. My goal is to participate in the Beijing Olympics, so I'll slip in again and have a good performance at the next NHK Cup. I want to do my best so that I can do it. "