Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira has moved her training facility to Toronto to work with Canadian coach Brian Orser, her management company said Wednesday.
Kihira, 19, aims to increase her chances of winning a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by training under Orser, who has guided Japanese superstar Yuzuru Hanyu to consecutive victories. Olympic title in men’s individual events.
“I am delighted to be working under the direction of Brian Orser and his team, which have produced many of the top skaters, as I head towards the Beijing Olympics,” No. Kihira world said in a statement from her management company.
Kihira won his second straight national championship last year, landing a four-person salchow in his freestyle skating routine at Nagano’s Big Hat gym for the first time.
She had been one of the favorites to win the world championship in Sweden in March but finished in a disappointing seventh place after finishing second in the freestyle skateboard.
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