BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — German determine skating pair Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin claimed victory on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, whereas Japanese skater Kaori Sakamoto topped the ladies’s brief program right here on Friday.
Hase and Volodin have been first after the brief program on Thursday. Although the German pair completed second within the free skating on Friday, they gained the occasion with a complete rating of 206.43 factors.
“The competition is a fight for both of us. We are happy that we fought to the end, got as many elements as possible, and were finally rewarded the gold medal,” Hase mentioned.
Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy surpassed the highly-anticipated Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps to win the silver with 205.88 factors. Conti famous after the competitors, “We want to take a medal this year. We skated together and did all the elements not perfect but clean.”
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps expressed dissatisfaction with their efficiency after being second within the brief program, however additionally they had errors within the triple salchow through the free skating and settled for the bronze with 204.30 factors.
The 23-year-old Sakamoto, a bronze medalist on the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games, scored 77.35 factors to steer the ladies’s brief program on the Grand Prix Final this yr.
“After the Beijing Winter Olympics, I tried to find my direction in the next step and felt not that good in last year’s events, but I adjusted myself this season and maintained high morale,” Sakamoto mentioned. “I just focus on improving my performance, which is the secret for the success.”
Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx and her compatriot Nina Pinzarrone positioned second and third within the girls’s brief program respectively with 73.25 and 66.72 factors.
Additionally, the US pair Madison Chock and Evan Bates have been within the lead within the rhythm ice dance with 89.15 factors, adopted by Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy and the Canadian pair Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier.