CHONGQING, China, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) — European champion Adam Siao Him Fa stole the present over reigning world champion Shoma Uno right here on Saturday, claiming a back-to-back victory on the Cup of China to safe his spot within the ISU Grand Prix Final subsequent month in Beijing.
22-year-old Siao, the primary Frenchman to win the European title in 12 years since Florent Amodio’s victory in 2011, turned a somersault on the ice to rejoice after placing on a stable efficiency of his program set to “Departure”, “The Quality of Mercy” and “Refuge”.
He reeled off 4 quadruple jumps and two triple Axels to submit a private better of 207.17 factors and rack up 298.38 total.
The victory got here after Siao had triumphed on house ice on the Grand Prix de France in Angers every week in the past, making him the present main man with 30 factors on the highway to the GP Final.
Siao’s spectacular efficiency appeared to have put numerous strain on Uno, who got here up on the present because the final competitor, however fell whereas touchdown his opening leap and upset all his following routines, which value him a 14-point lead after Friday’s quick program.
The Japanese expertise, 25, narrowly saved second place after totaling 279.98 with a free skating rating of 174.73 factors, edging Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov into third with 174.52 within the free skate and 264.46 total.
Local favourite Jin Boyang, an Olympian and two-time world bronze medalist, slipped from fourth to seventh after free skate, trailing to the eventual champion by 60 factors and only one place higher than his season opening efficiency in France. His compatriots Xu Juwen and Dai Dawei completed tenth and eleventh respectively.
The finest consequence for the hosts got here within the pairs. Three-time Olympian Peng Cheng and her new associate Wang Lei took bronze on their GP debut after ending third in each quick program and free skate and totaling 178.06 factors, regardless of having dedicated touchdown errors in each of their two applications’ side-by-side jumps.
“We didn’t expect to win a medal on our first outing together, but just wanted to show what we’ve got since pairing up with each other eight months ago,” Wang, a 35-year-old former nationwide champion, commented after their very own free skate.
“There’s still a long road to go for us as newcomers to pairs figure skating,” 26-year-old Peng added.
Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxine Deschamps continued to skate properly and gained the pairs gold with a complete rating of 201.48, and Italy’s Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini adopted with 191.00. The two Chinese pairs of Zhang Siyang/Yang Yongchao and Wang Yuchen/Zhu Lei completed fifth and seventh, with 161.65 and 139.35 factors respectively.
Japanese skaters dominated the ladies’s occasion as Hana Yoshida and Rinka Watanabe shone to ensure of a 1-2 end after their sturdy efficiency on Saturday. Yoshida moved from third to prime after main the free skate with 139.32 factors and was topped on 203.97, with Watanabe settling for silver by an fringe of 0.75 factors in whole, beating in a single day chief Loena Hendrickx of Belgium to 3rd, 1.73 factors additional again.
Only a slight enchancment was seen within the three Chinese women, as Beijing 2022 competitor Zhu Yi, now a sophomore at Peking University, pulled up from backside to tenth place amongst 11 skaters, whereas Chen Hongyi and An Xiangyi, the fifth and sixth skaters after the quick program, completed eighth and eleventh.
Canada’s established ice dancing pair Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier additionally secured their berths to the season finale on December 7-10 in Beijing after capturing their second GP gold.
Overnight leaders Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha of Canada took silver, and U.S. pair Caroline Green and Michael Parsons had been third. China’s Chen Xizi/Xing Jailing and Shi Shang/Wu Nan completed final within the 9 ice dancing pairs.
The Cup of China is the fourth of six occasions of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating sequence, and the subsequent cease would be the Grand Prix Espoo in Finland.