Turin, Italy – Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama, skating to “Gladiator,” surged from seventh place in a single day to win the Turin Grand Prix on Saturday.
Mikhail Kolyada of Russia took second from from fourth spot whereas Daniel Grassl delighted the house crowd with bronze, his first medal at this stage.
Kagiyama, the 2021 world silver medallist, was a lowly seventh after an error-strewn quick program however hit again in fashion on Saturday.
“In fact, I simply came upon that I completed in first place, so I’m very stunned,” 18-year-old Kagiyama advised isu.org.
“Coming into the lengthy program, I didn’t even take into consideration being on the rostrum or getting a great rating, I used to be simply planning on doing my greatest.
After the quick program I couldn’t change my mindset and even this morning I used to be feeling low in observe. I didn’t know what to do concerning the scenario.”
World champion Anna Shcherbakova of Russia claimed victory within the girls’s occasion with a brand new private greatest within the free skate.
Compatriot Maiia Khromykh was second on her debut whereas in a single day chief Loena Hendrickx earned bronze.
Hendrickx, who led the quick program on Friday, turns into the primary Belgian girl to say a medal at an ISU Grand Prix occasion.
Shcherbakova set a private better of 165.05 factors within the free skate for a complete of 236.78 factors
“My essential objective for this competitors was to indicate that my quad is again and I reached that objective,” the 17-year-old mentioned.
“I made some errors within the quick program and I’ll work on it. The quick program must be clear each time, however am comfortable and glad with my efficiency at present.”
In ice dance, France’s four-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron claimed gold.
World silver medalists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the USA had been second forward of Russia’s Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin.
Papadakis and Cizeron impressed the judges with their elegant efficiency to Faure’s “Elegie.”
China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong skated to the pairs gold forward of teammates Peng Cheng and Jin Yang with Russia’s Iuliia Artemeva and Mikhail Nazarychev settling for bronze.
Two-time world champions Sui and Han skated to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and picked up 144.48 factors for the free program with an total whole of 224.55.
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