The first round of the figure skating Grand Prix series, the American Tournament, was held on the 22nd in the second half of the men's single free, and Japan's Yoshio Miura updated his personal best and finished second.
The winner was American Ilya Malinin who decided the quadruple accelerator.
On the 22nd, the first half of the men's single free skating was held in the United States, the first match of the Grand Prix series.
In the first half of the short program, Miura fell at the beginning of the quadruple loop, but she scored a high score by performing a consecutive jump from the quadruple toe loop and a quadruple salchow cleanly.
After that, although I missed some levels in spins and steps, I skated expressively to the music of "Beauty and the Beast".
As a result, Miura, who marked 178.23 in the free program, improved his personal best total to 273.19, finishing in 2nd place and reaching the podium for the first time in the Grand Prix series.
The winner was 17-year-old American Malinin, who placed 4th in the short program.
Malinin jumped 4 types of 5 quads and won the free skate with 194.29 and a total of 280.37.
Among Japanese players, Sena Miyake was 8th and Koshiro Shimada was 9th.
Kaori Sakamoto, who won the world championship last season, participated in the short program in the first half of the women's singles, and although her score did not improve, she was ranked first with 71.72, such as a double triple jump in the second half of the triple triple jump. stood up
Yoshino Matsu was 8th with 59.50.
In the rhythm dance in the first half of the ice dance, a couple, Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi, performed sharply from the beginning to the "Latin" music, which is the subject of this season's competition.
In Twizuru, which repeats turns on one foot, Takahashi won the highest rating, Level Four, and in the second half, he showed off his fast-paced steps, which is the characteristic of the two, and scored 69.67, which was 5th place.
Yoshio Miura "It was a great experience"
MIURA Yoshio looked back, saying, “I came here in good shape.
After that, she said, "It was my first overseas Grand Prix, and the time difference and the adjustment period were short, and it was a great experience to see how I could get to the actual stage. I want to."
Also, regarding the program of "Beauty and the Beast" that she will perform in this season's free program, "I want to express a series of stories because it is a flow of the anguish and conflict of being changed by the beast, and finally dancing together. Last year. I'm conscious of a soft expression that's different from normal, and I'm conscious of doing jumps that match the sound, such as spinning to return to a human being, while matching the sound in the triple axel in the second half." .