Figure Skating

The pressure was on for Hanyu Yuzuru and Kihira Rika as they set blade to ice in Nagano for the All-Japan Figure Skating Championships last week.
And wow, did they deliver.
Hanyu, the two-time Olympic and world champion, won his fifth national title in spectacular style, while Kihira retained her

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Hanyu and Kihira reign: six takeaways from Japanese nationals

The year 2020 has been overshadowed by the global coronavirus pandemic, which took the lives of over a million people.
Sport was hit hard by the virus, with Tokyo 2020 delayed by a year, the first time the Olympic Games have been postponed in their history.
In spite of that,

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Review of the Year 2020

The 2019-20 figure skating season ended early with the cancellation of the World Championships in Montreal due to Coronavirus measures.
It means Nathan Chen was denied the chance to go for a hat-trick of world titles having gone the whole campaign unbeaten.
But who would have been his main rival

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Nathan Chen dominates season as Hanyu Yuzuru makes history

Kagiyama Yuma and You Young marked themselves out as skaters to follow at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Now they take on some of the best seniors on the planet, including Hanyu Yuzuru and Kihira Rika, in the Four Continents Championships in Seoul.

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YOG stars Kagiyama and Young bid for Four Continents medals

1\. You Young, figure skating sensation
Korean superstar figure skater You Young came to Lausanne carrying great expectations on her shoulders.
And didn't she deliver.
You won her first Korean national title at 11 years of age - one year younger than her idol Yuna Kim \- and at 15

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Kagiyama, You, Gu, Michkov, 'skimo' - the top 10 breakout stars of Lausanne 2020

Beijing 2022 is just two years away. The rising figure skating stars have shown us at Lausanne 2020 what is to come in the future.

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All eyes are on the future generation of figure skaters

We've packed as many sports into today's episode. There are updates from curling, biathlon, speed skating and alpine skiing. Plus, men's figure skating champion Kagiyama Yuma stopped by to give his reaction.

Olympic Channel Podcast

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Podcast: Kagiyama Yuma, curling, biathlon, and speed skating

Olympic team champion Patrick Chan, who won gold with Team Canada at PyeongChang 2018, is an Athlete Role Model at Lausanne 2020. He spoke to Olympic Channel about what the Youth Olympic Games champion, Kagiyama Yuma, can expect as the Japanese skater prepares to transition to the senior level in the near future.

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Patrick Chan: What the future holds for Kagiyama Yuma

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama is being coached by his dad, two-time Olympian Masakazu Kagiyama. He has lofty plans for the future.

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Like father, like son: Yuma Kagiyama dreams big

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Some 156 days after the Olympic figure skating season kicked off in full at Skate America in Las Vegas, the World Championships wrapped up on Sunday (27 March) in Montpellier, France, signalling the finish of another Olympic quad.
Over five months, three continents and one stop at the Olympic Winter

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Things we learned from the 2021/22 Olympic figure skating season

This year saw, without a doubt, a different ISU World Figure Skating Championships.
For a start, this was a post-Olympic Worlds – and two of the world's top men and Olympic champions in their own right, Nathan Chen and Hanyu Yuzuru, were not present, each opting out through injury. Pairs

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What we learned from the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships

The door was open for Uno Shoma.
And he didn't walk through it - he quadruple jumped his way through it.
Skating last at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday (26 March) in Montpellier, France, Uno, who led after the short program, didn't back down from his front-runner status,

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Uno Shoma soars to World Championships gold as Japan sweeps men's and women's singles

Not since 1956 has one country swept the men's singles podium at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Olympic champion Hayes Alan Jenkins led a Team USA trio to gold, silver and bronze that year, and on Saturday (26 March), Japan has the opportunity to match that history in Montpellier, France,

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Yuma Kagiyama skates of Team Japan skates during the Men Single Skating Free Skating on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

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Uno Shoma, Kagiyama Yuma lead men's field into Worlds free skate: Preview

Re-live updates from Montpellier, France, as the 2022 ISU World Figure Skating Championships competition concluded with the men's free skating and ice dance free dance on Saturday (26 March).

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World Figure Skating Championships 2022: Men's free skate and ice dance free dance as it happened

The Team Japan had a sublime showing on Thursday (24 March) in the men's event at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships.
Olympic and world medallists Uno Shoma and Kagiyama Yuma were the top two finishers, joined by teammate Tomono Kazuki in a sweep of the men's singles top three

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Trio of Japanese men sweep Worlds short program: Uno, Kagiyama, Tomono lead

There will be a first-time world champion in men's figure skating this weekend.
With the sport hosting the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier, France, neither Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 champion Nathan Chen nor two-time Olympic gold medallist Hanyu Yuzuru are in attendance due to injury.
As the lone

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Bronze medallist, Shoma Uno of Team Japan celebrates during the Figure Skating Men Single Skating medal ceremony on Day 6 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Beijing Medal Plaza on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

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Kagiyama, Uno headline men's field as a first-time world champion will be crowned in Montpellier

Is Olympic silver medallist Kagiyama Yuma the gold medal favourite at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships?
His Japanese teammate Uno Shoma may well have something to say about that, judging by the second day of practice in Montpellier, France, on Tuesday (22 March).
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Uno Shoma lays down marker on second day of World Championships practice

Beijing 2022 bronze medallist Uno Shoma has found a new fire. The Japanese figure skater even considered retirement, before teaming up with coach Stephane Lambiel. "I started to feel I wanted to produce better results and become a better skater to make Stephane happy," he revealed in our exclusive chat ahead of the world championships in Montpellier. "In this season, I feel my second life as a figure skater has finally begun." What does he think about double Olympic champion Hanyu Yuzuru, and how has Beijing silver medallist Kagiyama Yuma influenced his career? Find out.

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Uno Shoma exclusive: "I feel my second life as a skater has begun"

There were no surprises as Kagiyama Yuma and Sakamoto Kaori garnered most of the attention on the first day of practice on Monday (21 March) for the 2022 ISU World Figure Skating Championships.
As the athletes took to the ice at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, it was

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Favourites Kagiyama, Sakamoto look at ease in practice ahead of World Championships

Beijing 2022

Don't miss our summary of day 6's men's figure skating finals at the Olympics where N. Chen (USA) claimed the gold, Y. Kagiyama (JPN) the silver and S. Uno (JPN) completed the podium

Highlights

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Sport Highlights | Beijing 2022 - Figure Skating - Men's Individual - Day 06

This event took place on 10/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza, Medal winners for Nordic Combined - Individual Normal Hill/10km, Short Track Speed Skating - Men´s 1500m, Cross-Country Skiing - Women's 10km (Classic), Figure Skating - Men Single Skating, Snowboard - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross and Snowboard - Women's Halfpipe

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10/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 10/02/2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium, Nathan Chen (USA) won Gold with a final score of 332.60, Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) claimed Silver and Shoma Uno (JPN) completed the podium.

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Men's Free Skating - Figure Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 08/02/2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium 	Nathan Chen (USA) made the best score with 113.97  Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) 108.12  Shoma Uno (JPN) 105.90

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Men's Short Program - Figure Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 06/02/2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium. Kamila Valieva (ROC) won the Women's Short Program with a score of 90.18. Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) won the Men's Free Skating with a score of 208.94. The results are provisional.

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Team Event - Day 2 - Women's Short & Men's Free - Figure Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

A quick look at the best moments and behind the scenes of Lausanne 2020

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Olympic Results

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