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The Junior Men’ medalists! 👏🏻
🥇#NikolajMemola 🇮🇹 230.50
🥈#LucasBroussard 🇺🇸 220.43
🥉#NozomuYoshioka 🇯🇵 208.01
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The men’s medalists at #GPFinal:
🥇#ShomaUno 🇯🇵 #宇野昌磨 304.46
🥈#SotaYamamoto 🇯🇵 #山本草太 274.35 PB
🥉#IliaMalinin 271.94
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#StéphaneLambiel: “I am so, so proud of #ShomaUno 🇯🇵 #宇野昌磨! He knew everything, how well everyone had done before him and then to deliever a performance like this… I am so moved. Thank you, Shoma!”
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#DanielGrassl 🇮🇹 244.97: “I am very proud of my fight today! Being a bit sick was difficult to manage as I felt very bad. After Ilia’s great skate I just told myself: this is my time, I just have to focus and fight for it. I will prepare now for Nationals which is in one week.”
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#SotaYamamoto 🇯🇵 #山本草太: “I haven’t been able to skate a good Free Skate yet this season and I am very happy I did that today and I was able to get onto the podium as this was my goal for this competiton.”
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A very proud #SotaYamamoto 🇯🇵 #山本草太 talks to the press after scoring a PB and taking the 🥈 at the #GPFinal
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#IliaMalinin 🇺🇸 271.94: “I really trusted my training, I was still surprised how I pulled that landing of the 4A off. I am obviously very happy about what I showed today.”
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#KaoriSakamoto 🇯🇵 #坂本花織 75.86 “I am quite glad I was able to perform my best today!”
About #JanetJackson posting about her program after #SkateAmerica:
“I couldn’t even imagine that Janet Jackson would even notice me, I kind of paniced, I was so surprised!”
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#MaiMihara 🇯🇵 #三原舞依 74.58 new PB! 👏🏻 “It’s unbelievable to be here at the Grand Prix final. I am just so happy.”
“I didn’t know before today that I was going to skate last, so that made me actually quite nervous but I tried to focus on that I am happy to be here.”
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The top 3 Women after the SP at #GPFinal
1. #KaoriSakamoto 🇯🇵 #坂本花織 75.86
2. #MaiMihara 🇯🇵 #三原舞依 74.58
3. #LoenaHendrickx 🇧🇪 74.24
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A very happy and relieved #KaoriSakamoto 🇯🇵 #坂本花織 - 75.85 after a clean skate and a season’s best! 🔥
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#RinkaWatanabe 🇯🇵 #渡辺倫果 PB 72.58: “This is I think the first time I landed my 3A in the SP & I am super happy about that! I have actually no idea how I ended up in the #GPFinal after not having any GPs. 😉 I try not to think about it and treat it like any other competition.”
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The Pairs medalists at the #GPFinal 👏🏻
🥇 #MiuraKihara 🇯🇵 214.58
🥈 #KnierimFrazier 🇺🇸 213.28
🥉#ContiMacci 🇮🇹 187.02
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About the FS song being Riku’s favourite song:
Riku:”The lyrics are about sacrificing yourself for love.And it’s kind of fun to discover this new creative presentation for us.”
Ryuichi: “I think she really likes this music because this song really represents us!”
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🥇 #MiuraKihara 🇯🇵 214.58
Ryuichi: “We were very happy to win the gold medal together. But we are both disappointed about the mistakes.”
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The junior women medalists #JGPFinal 👏🏻
🥇#MaoShimada 🇯🇵 #島田麻央 205.54
🥈#JiaShin 🇰🇷 #신지아 200.32
🥉 #ChaeyeonKim 🇰🇷 #김채연 190.36
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Skaters coming off the ice after their Friday morning practice session!
#SotaYamamoto 🇯🇵 #山本草太
#KaoMiura 🇯🇵 #三浦佳生
#IliaMalinin 🇺🇸
#ShunSato 🇯🇵 #佐藤駿
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