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Chongqing, 23 November (Hindustan Reporter). Japanese figure skaters dominated the first day of the ISU Grand Prix Cup of China on Friday, with Shun Sato making the GP final by topping the men’s short program while his compatriot Mone Chiba had a modest finish in the women’s Gained the lead.
In a stellar performance at the Ladies in Lavender, the in-form Sato performed a quad Lutz, quad toe-triple toe, triple Axel and a level-four spin to achieve a season’s best of 98.75 points, ahead of Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shadyorov and France’s Adam Hsiao. He left behind Him Fa, who finished second and third respectively.
Sato said, “I am satisfied with my performance in the short program. I skated carefully to the end and overcame the problems. In free skating, I will try to do my best. I try not to think about Grand Prix Finals. I concentrate on my performance.”
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion Shadyrov scored 93.21 points, and reigning ISU World Championships bronze medalist Hsiao was nearly two points behind after crashing on a triple axel. Local favorite and two-time world bronze medalist Jin Boyang placed sixth with a short program score of 83.66 points and his fellow Chinese Dai Dawei and Chen Yudong finished seventh and eighth respectively out of 12 competitors.
In the women’s short program, NHK Trophy silver medalist Chiba scored 70.86 points to take the overnight leader spot, trailing Amber Glenn of the United States and Rion Sumiyoshi of Japan by just 0.02 and 0.38 points, respectively.
Reigning world bronze medalist Kim Chae-yeon is just one point behind with 69.27 points and will compete for the podium on Saturday. China’s An Jiangyi, Zhu Yi and Chen Hongyi finished 9th, 10th and 12th after a disappointing short program.
The hosts’ best ranking on the first day came in pairs, where Zhu Lei and Wang Yuchen were provisionally fifth after the short program with 55.14 points, while Italy’s Niccolo Masi and Sara Conti took the lead in Saturday’s free skate with 72.43 points. Made.
Two-time world medalists and European champions Marco Fabbri and Charlene Grignard, also of Italy, found the right rhythm in the ice dance and scored 84.84 points, a solid lead over Canada’s Zachary Lagha and Marjorie Lajoie and Americans Anthony Ponomarenko and Christina Carrera. Achieved.