Kaori Sakamoto, who is aiming to participate in the Olympics for the second consecutive tournament in the women's singles of figure skating, won the Kinki Championship held until the 10th, but mistakes left a series of challenges in the future.
21-year-old Sakamoto participated in the second half of the Kinki Championship held in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture on the 10th in order to get a sense of the actual battle for the Grand Prix series American tournament starting this month.
This is the second time Sakamoto has tried the new free program of this season in the actual battle, and he said, "I want to try how much I can do in the lack of practice."
In the first half of the performance, I decided to make two jumps in quick succession, but when the icing was disturbed and the points were deducted in the following three-turn flip, all three jumps in the second half, when the basic point became high, made mistakes such as losing balance due to icing. Overlapped.
In addition, mistakes continued in the spin, and the acting time was over, so Free could not improve the score to 120.12.
Sakamoto won the championship in total with the short program in the first half, but he regretted, "I feel that the lack of practice just came out in the game. It was a tattered performance no more."
Sakamoto plans to participate in a test tournament that will be held at the same venue as the Beijing Olympics next year from 13th this month, saying, "I had no experience of playing in China, so I wanted to participate. First of all, I want to surpass myself today." I vowed to rewind.
In addition, 12-year-old Mao Shimada decided the big skill of the quadruple toe loop at the beginning of the performance in the women's single of the category "Novice A" in which 11-year-old and 12-year-old players participate in this tournament, and scored a high score of 120.83 for free. I gave up and won the championship.