At the World Figure Skating Championships held in Canada, the men's singles short program was held on the 21st, with Shoma Uno, who is aiming for his third consecutive title, taking the lead, and Yuma Kagiyama coming in second with a slight difference. I did.
In the first half of the short program, Uno perfectly executed a quadruple flip at the beginning of the program, earning him a high performance score, followed by a series of jumps from a quadruple toe loop, and a triple axel in the second half.
Furthermore, he achieved the highest rating of Level 4 in spin and step, and took the lead with a score of 107.72, the highest score in the world this season.
On the other hand, Kagiyama also nailed all his jumps and achieved Level Four on all his spins and steps, placing him in second place with a score of 106.35.
Furthermore, this season's Grand Prix Final winner, American Ilya Malinin, followed in 3rd place with a score of 105.97, making the battle for victory very close with only a 1.75 difference between first and third place.
Yoshio Miura, competing for the first time, fell behind in 10th place with a score of 85.00.
In addition, the pair took part in the second half of the free skate, and the pair of Riki Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, aiming to come back from second place in the first half, scored the top score of 144.35 in the free skate, but Canada's Diana with a total score of 217.88・They finished second, falling short of the pair of Stellato Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, failing to win consecutive tournaments.