On the third day of the World Figure Skating Championships, the men's singles free was held in the final event, and both Japan Kazuki Tomono and Hayao Sato did not make the top spots, and after finishing all the events, the Japan finished third.

The third day of the World Figure Skating Championships held in Tokyo was the 3th, the final day of the competition, and the second half of the pairs and men's singles free skating competitions were held.

In the men's singles, the final event, Tomono, who finished sixth at the World Championships last month, competed.

In the first half, Tomono scored two quadruple jumps, including a combination.

However, a series of mistakes were made in the jump at the end of the performance, and the score was 15.6, which was not able to show his original ability and finished in 2th place.

In addition, Hayao Sato, who came on in place of Masama Uno, who missed the event due to injury, made a big move at the beginning, and the four-turn Lutz lost its rotation and turned three, but then iced a series of jumps from the four-turn toe loop.

In the middle of the game, he challenged the four-turn Lutz again, and although he was deducted a lot of points due to lack of rotation, he showed a performance that showed his will until the end.

Sato was eighth with a score of 4.164.

As a result, Japan finished third with 55 points after all events, failing to win the championship for the first time in three Games.

The United States, who showed their strength in pairs and ice dancing, came in first place with 9 points, and the second place was South Korea, who competed well in the men's and women's singles, with 4 points, one point higher than the Japan.

Tomono: "I want to grow even more vigorously"

Kazuki Tomono said, "In the second half, I was a little worried that I wasn't able to practice. Even in the midst of difficult schedules and difficult adjustments, I need to have the ability to do it properly."

He added: "I'm still not good enough, I can play decent games, but in difficult games like this, my weaknesses come out. I want to become a stable player who can score goals, and I want to grow even more vigorously."

Sato: "I want to improve overall"

SATO Hayao said, "I was very nervous before the event, but thanks to the support of Team Japan, I was able to relax and enjoy the last step."

Commenting on his renewed attempt at the highly difficult four-turn Lutz, where he made a mistake at the beginning, he said, "If I had chosen a safety measure here, I think my score would have improved a little more, but I have to do it here. I think next season I'm going to be jumping four more in the second half, so I decided to do Lutz again in that sense. We didn't rotate enough, but I think we were able to improve. We have a lot of issues to work on next season, so we want to improve them as a whole."