On the 20th, the figure skating Grand Prix Series France tournament was held free in the second half of the men's single, and 18-year-old Yuma Kagiyama won the overall top score following the short program.
Kagiyama has won two consecutive victories this season, following the Italian tournament.
On the 20th, the French tournament, which is the 5th round of the Grand Prix series of figure skating, was held in Grenoble in the latter half of the men's and women's singles.
Of these, in the men's single, Kagiyama, the top player in the first half, took part in the performance at the end of the whole.
Kagiyama decided on a quadruple salchow at the beginning of the performance, and the subsequent jump jumped on the quadruple Lutz, giving priority to stability rather than a quadruple loop.
After that, he got a high performance score by continuous jump from the quadruple toe loop, and although he made a mistake in the jump in the second half, he won the championship with a total of 286.41 with a score of 185.77, which was the top overall in the free run.
Kagiyama has won the Grand Prix series for the second time in a row following the third round of the Italian tournament, and has decided to participate in the Grand Prix Final, which will be held in Kadoma City, Osaka from the 9th of next month.
In the men's single, Shun Sato marked 177.17 for free, renewing his personal best with a total of 264.99 and finishing second, and was on the podium for the first time in the Grand Prix series.
In addition, in the women's single, after finishing the short program in the first half, 6th place Higuchi Wakaba jumped the triple Axel at the beginning of the free and was able to get rid of insufficient rotation, but he put together the performance without major mistakes such as icing and free. Marked 141.04 to update his personal best with, and finished in 3rd place with a total of 204.91.
Among the Japanese, Yuhana Yokoi was 9th with a total of 176.93.
The winner was Anna Shelvakova of Russia, who won the world championship last season, with a total score of 229.69.
Kagiyama "I'm still not strong enough"
Yuma Kagiyama, who won the Grand Prix series for the second time in a row, said, "It was a good experience to win, but the second half of the free time was terrible when it came to acting. It would be very disappointing if I could do it, "he said.
Also, regarding the removal of the new free quadruple loop from the acting composition, "I felt like I could finish the short program and put it in, but after all it feels like a salchow or toe loop. I didn't have it. I thought it would be better to put it together rather than failing and becoming tattered, so I dared to avoid it. "
And for the Grand Prix Final, which will be his first appearance, "It was one of the goals of this season, and it was really good to be able to participate. However, I was told that I have the ability to compete for the championship by myself. That's not the case. I felt that I wasn't strong enough in the two Grand Prix series games, so I want to practice more. "