NHK Trophy for figure skating.
In the men's single held on the 13th, Shoma Uno won the second championship for the first time in three years, marking a score that set a new personal best in total with the short program.
And an interview right after the victory.
He declared that he had returned to being the top competitor in the world, and showed a strong desire for further growth.
"I'm expecting myself"
"Highest difficulty ever" "Free quadruple jump, 5 of 4 types" At
this NHK Cup, Uno challenged himself to the highest hurdle ever.
In the pre-convention interview, the determination and pride ooze out from the appearance of looking straight ahead and talking.
"I can jump both loops and salchow this season. I can jump both tall and flip. I have a jump that could reach the top of the world. That's why I'm looking forward to it."
The key to the success of this challenge, Uno, was the quadruple loop that jumped at the beginning and the quadruple salchow that followed.
The loop hasn't been able to jump in the last four seasons, and the Salchow has been a series of mistakes lately.
"When you fail the loop left foot of the crossing is open to larger than the right foot,"
"When you are Leap the Saruko is depression has taken longer"
point reason to succeed to fail from the abundant amount of practice also specifically I got to the point where I could imagine it, but it is said that the success rate in practice was half and half.
Still, I didn't hesitate to continue fighting with this acting composition in order to "be at the top of the world."
"To be the top competing in the world"
The NHK Trophy is free.
Uno, who stood on the rink, started acting to the music of "Bolero" in the tension that drifted throughout the venue.
I decided on the quadruple loop at the beginning with a clean icing that would get a high performance point when I increased the speed a lot.
And the following quadruple salchow also landed on ice.
This led to a personal best update for the first time in two years in total with the short program.
"The first half was very good was. Ice of feeling, the feel of the shoes, body movements, mental state also all practice street., But not all, of the event is by chance, there was a feeling that can necessarily"
Then, the winner from the audience In an interview with praise applause, Uno declared that he should chew his own words.
"I'm back at the top of the world competing."
In the men's single this season ahead of the Beijing Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu will work on an unprecedented quadruple and a half jump (quadruple accelerator), and Nathan Chen of the United States will make five types of quadruple jumps that surpass Uno. The figure skating world is full of premonitions that the door to a new era will be opened, such as challenging the composition of six jumps.
Uno said that he was able to stand in a position to aim for the top of the world during that season.
The road to further heights continues.
[Details of Uno's free score]
Free total score: 187.57
<Technical score: 96.99>
4-turn loop: 13.80 (performance point 3.30)
4-turn salchow: 12.61 (performance point 2.91)
4-turn toe loop + 2-turn toe loop: 12.70 (performance point 1.90)
Triple axel: 10.40 (performance
point)
Point 2.40)
Flying Camel Spin (Level 4): 3.93 (Performance Point 0.73)
Choreo Sequence: 3.79 (Performance Point 0.79)
2 Rotation Flip: 2.03 (Performance Point 0.05)
4 Rotation Toe Loop: 9.50 (Performance Point-0.95)
Triple Axel + Single oiler + 3 rotation flip: 16.32 (performance point 1.14)
Flying foot change combination spin (level 4): 4.25 (performance point 0.75)
Foot change combination spin (level 4): 3.23 (performance point 0.60)
Step sequence (level 3): 4.43 (
Performance
score 1.13)
<Performance composition point: 90.58>
・ Skate technique: 9.25
・ Performance connection: 8.79
・ Performance expression: 9.18
・ Choreography: 9.07
・ Music interpretation: 9.00