Shoma Uno strikes gold once again, this time at home
Defending champion Sergei Voronov wins silver, and Matteo Rizzo upsets for bronze
Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno of Japan finishes his second Grand Prix event with another win, this time in front of a home crowd at the NHK Trophy. The defending champion, Sergei Voronov of Russia, continues his winning streak in Japan by taking the silver, and Italian teenager Matteo Rizzo captures the surprise bronze.
In the short program, Uno skated to Stairway to Heavy by Led Zeppelin. He captured the highest score of the night, including the highest PCS (program component score), despite falling on a quadruple toe loop and missing out on a jump combination. Uno successfully landed the quadruple flip and the triple Axel, which was given the highest grade of execution for a triple Axel this season.
Voronov skated his short program to Prelude No. 5 in G minor by Sergei Rachmaninov. He landed all of his jumps with positive grades of execution, including a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination, a triple Lutz, and a triple Axel. He scored almost 10 points higher than his personal best and was less than one point out of first place after the short program.
Dmitri Aliev of Russia under-rotated and fell on a triple Axel in his short program, which was set to Modigliani Suite by Guy Farley. However, he successfully landed a quadruple toe loop and a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination to finish in third place after the short program.
Rizzo ended the day in fourth place, just four points shy of the podium. He skated his short program to Volare, but he did not attempt any quadruple jumps and under-rotated the triple toe loop in his triple-triple combination.
In the free skate, Uno was able to redeem himself after a poor showing the previous day with a solid performance to Moonlight Sonata. He only made minor mistakes, including an under-rotated quadruple Salchow and a missed combination after a bad landing on a quadruple toe loop. His free skating score alone was over 20 points above the second highest score of that night, making him the runaway leader of the event.
Voronov skated to the soundtrack from the movie Logan and started off his program with a beautiful quadruple toe loop. The 31 year old, who was the oldest skater in the competition, had planned to attempt a quadruple loop, but elected to do a triple instead. His only visible mistake was a stumble after a triple toe loop-triple Salchow combination.
Aliev skated to Clouds, The Mind on the (Re)wind for his free skate. The 2018 European silver medalist could not hold on to his slim lead from the short program after popping three jumps in the free skate: two quadruple toe loops turned into double toe loops, and one triple Lutz was performed as a single. He lost a multitude of points from the pops and placed sixth in the free skate and fifth overall.
Rizzo, the 2018 Junior World bronze medalist, performed his free skate to a Rolling Stones medley and attempted a quadruple toe loop, which was marked as under-rotated. Rizzo also received an under-rotation on a triple Axel, but the quality of his other elements was enough to win him the bronze medal by 0.19 points over Vincent Zhou of the United States. The bronze here gives Rizzo his first Grand Prix medal as well as the first Grand Prix medal for Italian men.
In the short program, Uno skated to Stairway to Heavy by Led Zeppelin. He captured the highest score of the night, including the highest PCS (program component score), despite falling on a quadruple toe loop and missing out on a jump combination. Uno successfully landed the quadruple flip and the triple Axel, which was given the highest grade of execution for a triple Axel this season.
Voronov skated his short program to Prelude No. 5 in G minor by Sergei Rachmaninov. He landed all of his jumps with positive grades of execution, including a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination, a triple Lutz, and a triple Axel. He scored almost 10 points higher than his personal best and was less than one point out of first place after the short program.
Dmitri Aliev of Russia under-rotated and fell on a triple Axel in his short program, which was set to Modigliani Suite by Guy Farley. However, he successfully landed a quadruple toe loop and a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination to finish in third place after the short program.
Rizzo ended the day in fourth place, just four points shy of the podium. He skated his short program to Volare, but he did not attempt any quadruple jumps and under-rotated the triple toe loop in his triple-triple combination.
In the free skate, Uno was able to redeem himself after a poor showing the previous day with a solid performance to Moonlight Sonata. He only made minor mistakes, including an under-rotated quadruple Salchow and a missed combination after a bad landing on a quadruple toe loop. His free skating score alone was over 20 points above the second highest score of that night, making him the runaway leader of the event.
Voronov skated to the soundtrack from the movie Logan and started off his program with a beautiful quadruple toe loop. The 31 year old, who was the oldest skater in the competition, had planned to attempt a quadruple loop, but elected to do a triple instead. His only visible mistake was a stumble after a triple toe loop-triple Salchow combination.
Aliev skated to Clouds, The Mind on the (Re)wind for his free skate. The 2018 European silver medalist could not hold on to his slim lead from the short program after popping three jumps in the free skate: two quadruple toe loops turned into double toe loops, and one triple Lutz was performed as a single. He lost a multitude of points from the pops and placed sixth in the free skate and fifth overall.
Rizzo, the 2018 Junior World bronze medalist, performed his free skate to a Rolling Stones medley and attempted a quadruple toe loop, which was marked as under-rotated. Rizzo also received an under-rotation on a triple Axel, but the quality of his other elements was enough to win him the bronze medal by 0.19 points over Vincent Zhou of the United States. The bronze here gives Rizzo his first Grand Prix medal as well as the first Grand Prix medal for Italian men.
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