The All Japan Championship of Figure Skating, which also serves as the representative selection for the Beijing Olympics held in Saitama City, will be held on the 26th, free of charge in the second half of the men's single.
It will be interesting to see if Yuzuru Hanyu will succeed in a four-and-a-half-turn jump that no one in the world has achieved.
On the 26th, the final day of the All Japan Championship, the men's single and the second half of the pair will be performed.
Of these, the men's singles competing for the three representative slots of the Beijing Olympics will be nominated as the representative with the highest priority given to the winner of this tournament.
Attention is the performance of Hanyu, who took the lead in the short program in the first half.
Hanyu, who revealed that he was aiming for the Beijing Olympics before the tournament, had an injury on his right ankle and this tournament was the first match of the season. After showing off, he took the lead with a point difference of nearly 10 points over Shoma Uno, who was in second place.
In the free on the 26th, it was revealed that a quad accelerator (= 4 and a half jumps) that no one in the world has achieved will be incorporated, and Hanyu spends a lot of time practicing repeatedly even in the practice on the 25th. I did.
What kind of performance will Hanyu show to win the Olympics?
Also, is it possible for the first time in the world to succeed in a four-and-a-half-turn jump that is expected to be challenged at the beginning of a performance?
The men's single skating, which has many highlights, will start at 5 pm on the 26th, and Hanyu will appear in the final run of the 32 participating players after 9 pm.