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It's been six years since Mai Mihara was last at Worlds, and we are going to see her back this season (not official yet but there's no way that's not going to happen after that skate); she will lead with Kaori Sakamoto left
bit.ly/3FSTTaJ #全日本フィギュア
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#GPFinal22 men preview: Shoma Uno and Ilia Malinin face off in what could be a preview of Worlds, but it's a very deep field, with 4 of 6 from Japan (!!). Kao Miura and Shun Sato look to put up a challenge to the two favorites
bit.ly/3uweZ9O #GPFigure
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Ilia Malinin USA
4A, 4T, 4Lz(ur?fall), 4S, 4Lz(q?hangs on)1Eu3S, 3F3T, 3Lz3A
TES 108.69, PCS 77.75, -1.00, FS 185.44, TOTAL 257.28 into 1st
bit.ly/3xq8LKm #USIntlClassic
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Japan Open 2022 10/8 entrants:
Team Japan
- Yuma Kagiyama, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Shoma Uno
Team Europe
- Michal Brezina, Daniel Grassl, Loena Hendrickx, Ekaterina Kurakova
Team North America
- Mariah Bell, Jason Brown, Ilia Malinin, Bradie Tennell
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Men singles skaters who have won both JGPF and GPF
+ Evan Lysacek: Jr (2003), Sr (2009)
+ Yuzuru Hanyu: Jr (2009), Sr (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
+ Shoma Uno: Jr (2014); Sr (2022)
+ Nathan Chen: Jr (2015), Sr (2017, 2018, 2019)
bit.ly/3BqV0Nn #GPFinal22 #GPFigure
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Shoma Uno JPN
4F, 4T2T, 3A
TES 54.42, PCS 45.57, SP 99.99 into 1st
#GPFinal22 #GPFigure
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2022 US champ Mariah Bell announced her retirement: instagram.com/p/CjoOwf6v_0J/
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WADA re: Kamila Valieva's case
RUSADA's disciplinary tribunal found "although the athlete had committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, she bore 'no fault or negligence' for it. ...the tribunal imposed no sanction except for the disqualification of her results on...25 Dec 2021"
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More news: 3-time Japanese medalist and 2011 World Junior silver medalist Keiji Tanaka 田中刑事 announces retirement
Full compilation here: bit.ly/3qKd2oG twitter.com/deka_1122/stat…
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Per Kyodo News (via Japan Times), “sources say” two-time Olympic champ and legend Yuzuru Hanyu 羽生結弦 will announce his retirement during the major announcement press conference to be held later today (Tuesday 7/19) in Tokyo
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07…
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Japan Men champs
08 Daisuke Takahashi
09 Nobunari Oda
10 Daisuke Takahashi
11 Takahiko Kozuka
12 Daisuke Takahashi
13 Yuzuru Hanyu
14 Yuzuru Hanyu
15 Yuzuru Hanyu
16 Yuzuru Hanyu
17 Shoma Uno
18 Shoma Uno
19 Shoma Uno
20 Shoma Uno
21 Yuzuru Hanyu
22 Yuzuru Hanyu
23 Shoma Uno
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Rinka Watanabe 渡辺倫果
3A, 3Lo, 3Lo3T, 3F, 3Lz2A, 2A1Eu3S(ur?fall), 3Lz(<<,step) - super skate until the last two passes, but that will definitely move her up in the standings
bit.ly/3FSTTaJ #全日本フィギュア
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#GPFinal22 Men FINAL
G Shoma Uno 304.46
S Sota Yamamoto 274.35
B Ilia Malinin 271.94
4 Shun Sato 250.16
5 Kao Miura 255.74
6 Daniel Grassl 244.97
bit.ly/3BqV0Nn #GPFigure
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Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the jump turns done by Wei
Elton John x Britney Spears x Nathan Chen - never thought I'd see anything like this
youtube.com/watch?v=Y9CCGS…
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Keegan Messing CAN
4Lz(ur,fall), 4T(fall), 3A, 3Lz3T, 4T(ur,fall), 3A1Eu2S(hangs on), 2F - the quads weren't his friends today; I talked to him two days ago and he has no plans to retire
bit.ly/3IFydOQ #Worlds2022 #WorldFigure
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This thread: Men’s FS press conference #SkateAmerica
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Mone Chiba 千葉百音
2A, 3Lz3T, 3F
TES 40.33, PCS 30.73, SP 71.06 into 1st - WOW!
bit.ly/3FExqhy #全日本フィギュア
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get that choreo assisted jump twitter.com/natecurlsquad/…
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Practice notes
Uno: 2A, 3Lo, 3A, 4T3T, 4F, 4S, 4Lo, 3A1Eu3F, 3A1Eu3F, 4T(ftdwn), 4T(hangs on)2T, 3A, 3F1Eu3F(dramatic Shoma fall), 3A1Eu3F, 3A, marked jumps in runthru
bit.ly/3D4vey7 #WorldFigure #Worlds2022
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Shoma Uno JPN
4F, 4T(hand)1T*, 3A(hangs on) - wow how did he save that axel?? Definitely a new look on Uno, I like the new movements he's exploring in this program
bit.ly/3WfDNPW #SCI122 #GPFigure
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