2018 NHK Trophy Men's Preview

Shoma Uno, Dmitri Aliev, and Vincent Zhou plan six quads each, Sergei Voronov hopes to repeat Grand Prix Final berth

Three young quadsters will be attempting 18 quadruple jumps between them at the 2018 NHK Trophy men's event, to be held in Hiroshima, Japan, this weekend.

Shoma Uno of Japan, the reigning Olympic and World silver medalist, will be attempting the quadruple flip, the quadruple Salchow, and the quadruple toe loop. Uno won Skate Canada earlier this year and hopes to continue his winning streak at home this weekend.

Dmitri Aliev of Russia was the first European man to land the quadruple Lutz, quadruple Salchow, and quadruple toe loop. He will attempt to land two quadruple jumps in the short program and four in the free skate as well.

Vincent Zhou of the United States will attempt the quadruple Lutz, quadruple flip, and quadruple toe loop this weekend. He hopes to improve on his fifth place finish at Skate America earlier this season. Tom Zakrajsek, who coaches Zhou in Colorado Springs, Colorado, demanded that better video footage from multiple angles be made available to judges after Zhou received six under-rotation calls as well as edge calls on all three of the flips that he attempted at Skate America.

Veteran skater Sergei Voronov of Russia hopes to challenge his younger competitors with only one quadruple jump attempt in the short program and two attempts in the free skate. He won the bronze medal at Skate America and hopes to continue his podium streak in Hiroshima and potentially qualify for the Grand Prix Final once more.

Also challenging for the podium are Kevin Reynolds of Canada, Matteo Rizzo of Italy, Deniss Vasiļjevs of Latvia, Lee June-hyoung of South Korea, Alexander Johnson of the United States, Hiroaki Sato of Japan, and Sota Yamamoto of Japan.

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