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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
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#GPFigure WOMEN top 6 after #NHK杯フィギュア
Q1 Kaori Sakamoto 28
Q2 Yelim Kim 28
Q3 Isabeau Levito 26
4 Rinka Watanabe 22
5 Rion Sumiyoshi 22
6 Young You 20
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Mihara, Hendrickx, Gubanova, Kihira, Kawabe all mathematically in it at Espoo
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Loved seeing Kazuki Tomono and Shoma Uno staying out to watch and cheer on Sota Yamamoto in his free skate #NHK杯フィギュア l
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#GPFigure Final WOMEN quals + subs
Q1 Mai Mihara 30
Q2 Loena Hendrickx 28
Q3 Kaori Sakamoto 28
Q4 Yelim Kim 28
Q5 Isabeau Levito 26
Q6 Rinka Watanabe 22
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S1 Rion Sumiyoshi 22
S2 Young You 20
S3 Haein Lee 18
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#GPFigure Final MEN quals + subs
Q1 Ilia Malinin 30
Q2 Shoma Uno 30
Q3 Kao Miura 26
Q4 Sota Yamamoto 26
Q5 Daniel Grassl 24
Q6 Shun Sato 24
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S1 Adam Siao Him Fa 22
S2 Junhwan Cha 22
S3 Kazuki Tomono 20
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Grand Prix Final qualified countries
SENIOR
🇯🇵🇧🇪🇯🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸🇯🇵 Women
🇯🇵🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹🇮🇹 Pairs
🇺🇸🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇮🇹🇯🇵 Men
🇨🇦🇮🇹🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸 Dance
JUNIOR
🇯🇵🇯🇵🇰🇷🇯🇵🇰🇷🇰🇷 Women
🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Pairs
🇺🇸🇮🇹🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇺🇸 Men
🇨🇿🇨🇦🇰🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇫🇷 Dance
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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
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Shoma Uno JPN
4F, 4T2T, 3A
TES 54.42, PCS 45.57, SP 99.99 into 1st
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#GPFinal22 Men SP
1 Shoma Uno 99.99 4F 4T2T 3A
2 Sota Yamamoto 94.86 4T3T 4S 3A
3 Kao Miura 87.07 4S3T(fall) 3A 4T
5 Daniel Grassl 80.40 4Lz(e?fall) 3A 3Lz3T
5 Ilia Malinin 80.10 4T(ur?)3T(step) 4S 3A(step,hand)
6 Shun Sato 76.62 4Lz(q?fall) 4T2T 3A
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Shun Sato JPN
4Lz, 4T3T, 3A1Eu3S, 4T, 3A, 3F2T, 3Lo - THAT'S A CLEAN SKATE TO START!! Shun Sato delivering the best free skate he has maybe since he won JGPF in this same arena 3 years ago
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Ilia Malinin USA
4A, 4F, 4T(q?), 4S(q?), 4T1Eu3S, 3F3T(q?), 3F3A - ANOTHER QUAD AXEL for Malinin, and another fantastic skate today; looked may be a bit less stamina here at the end
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Shoma Uno JPN
4Lo, 4S, 4F, 3A(hangs on), 4T2T, 4T(ftdwn), 3A2A - GRAND PRIX FINAL CHAMPION!
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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
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#GPFinal22 Men FS PCS
Uno 92.88
Yamamoto 78.62
Miura 78.52*
Malinin 76.96
Grassl 76.72
Sato 73.03
*indicates fall
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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)
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#GPFigure Final champs: MEN
07 Stephane Lambiel
08 Jeremy Abbott
09 Evan Lysacek
10 Patrick Chan
11 Patrick Chan
12 Daisuke Takahashi
13 Yuzuru Hanyu
14 Yuzuru Hanyu
15 Yuzuru Hanyu
16 Yuzuru Hanyu
17 Nathan Chen
18 Nathan Chen
19 Nathan Chen
20 COVID
21 COVID
22 Shoma Uno
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Murakami/Moriguchi’s sbs3S3T2A - the most difficult pair sbs ever done #JGPFigure
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#GPFigure Final Women champs
08 Mao Asada
09 Yuna Kim
10 Alissa Czisny
11 Carolina Kostner
12 Mao Asada
13 Mao Asada
14 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
15 Evgenia Medvedeva
16 Evgenia Medvedeva
17 Alina Zagitova
18 Rika Kihira
19 Alena Kostornaia
20 COVID
21 COVID
22 Mai Mihara
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Top 12 season best MEN as of 10 Dec 22
304.46 Uno GPF
280.37 Malinin GPUSA
274.35 Yamamoto GPF
273.19 Miura GPUSA
268.98 Siao GPFRA
264.35 Grassl GPGBR
264.05 Cha GPUSA
262.21 Sato GPFIN
258.02 Aymoz CSPOL
254.56 Vasiljevs GPGBR
253.66 Britschgi CSPOL
253.34 Rizzo CSHUN
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Japan Nationals preview: One of the most exciting events of the season; the men have 8 of the top 20 season bests, the women have 9 of 20 - and they have 3 Worlds spots each; in dance, Muramoto/Takahashi and Komatsubara/Koleto battle
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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!
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Japan Nationals Women SP
1 Kaori Sakamoto 坂本花織 77.79
2 Mai Mihara 三原舞依 74.70
3 Mone Chiba 千葉百音 71.06
4 Mao Shimada 島田麻央 70.28
5 Saki Miyake 三宅咲綺 66.29
6 Mana Kawabe 河辺愛菜 64.51
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Shoma Uno 宇野昌磨
4F, 4T2T, 3A
TES 53.98, PCS 46.47, SP 100.45 into 1st - must be some levels thing in there; and based on that TES, this is beatable today
bit.ly/3FQ4bbN #全日本フィギュア
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