The 6th round of the figure skating Grand Prix series in Finland was held on the 26th, where Mai Mihara, who finished 2nd in the first half, came from behind to win the second half of the women's singles, and won her second consecutive Grand Prix series tournament.

The 6th round of the Grand Prix series, Finland, was held on the 26th, with the women's and men's singles free.



Among them, in the women's singles, Mihara, who finished second in the first half, made a solid three jumps from the beginning, including three jumps in a row.



In addition to missing rotation in the following 3-turn flip, the jump in the second half was under-rotated, but the 3 spins and step sequence earned the highest rating of Level 4, and she skated expressively.



Mihara came from behind to win the free skate with a score of 130.56 and a total score of 204.14.



As for the other Japanese players, Aina Kawabe landed all the jumps and finished 3rd with 130.38 in the free skate and a total of 197.41.



Rika Kihira, though downgrading her composition, finished fourth with a 128.36 and a total of 192.43, breaking her personal best this season.



In the men's singles, Shun Sato, who finished 3rd in the first half, succeeded in landing 3 quadruples, including the quadruple Lutz that he fell in the short program. I was.



The other Japanese men's players were Tatsuya Tsuboi, who updated his personal best in total with a total of 244.90, taking 4th place, and Takeshi Honda, who was 11th with a total of 197.90.

Mai Mihara has taken a temporary break due to poor physical condition and updated her personal best this year

Mai Mihara is 23 years old from Hyogo Prefecture.



She is known for her stable acting and rich expressiveness.



At the age of 8, she admired Mao Asada and started competing, and was expected to play an active role in the future, such as participating in the junior Grand Prix final. I was diagnosed and temporarily withdrew from competition.



After that, he returned to competition and won 3rd place at the 2016 All Japan Championships and won the 2017 Four Continents Championships. I didn't leave results and I wasn't selected for the national team.



She then took a break for the 2019-2020 season due to her poor health.



After she returned to the competition, she said, "I want to express my joy and gratitude that she can skate." I did not reach the representative.



Still, with her consistent performance, she set her personal best at the Four Continents Championships in January this year and won for the first time in five years.



And she's built on her international accomplishments, including her maiden series win at the British Grand Prix this season.

Grand Prix finalists decided

Rounds 1 to 6 of the figure skating Grand Prix series have ended, and


the competitors for the Grand Prix Final to be held in Italy in December have been decided.



Of these, Japanese athletes include


Shoma Uno, who won the Canadian and NHK Trophy championships


, Yoshio Miura, who finished second in the American and Canadian competitions, and


Sota Yamamoto, who finished second in the French and NHK Trophy . ▽Shun Sato

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3rd place in the UK tournament and 2nd place in the Finnish tournament, is a total of 4 people.



Miura, Yamamoto, and Sato are all participating for the first time.



The women's singles are


Mai Mihara, who won the UK and Finland tournaments, Kaori


Sakamoto, who won the US tournament and placed


second in the NHK Trophy, and Rinka Watanabe, who won the Canadian tournament and placed fifth in the NHK Trophy. A total of three participants were selected.



Mihara and Watanabe are participating for the first time.



As a pair, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who won the Canada tournament and the NHK Trophy, decided to participate for the first time.



The Grand Prix Final has been canceled for the second consecutive year due to the influence of the new corona, and this year will be held in Italy from the 8th of next month for the first time in three years.