OTTAWA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Canadian and Japanese determine skaters dominated the primary day of Skate Canada, the second occasion of the 2022-2023 ISU determine skating Grand Prix collection.
Kao Miura of Japan topped the lads’s brief program, along with his teammate Shoma Uno coming second. Italian Matteo Rizzo completed third with 81.18 factors. China’s Jin Boyang had introduced his withdrawal from the Grand Prix collection as a result of damage.
17-year-old Miura featured a quadruple Salchow-triple Toeloop, a quadruple toe, a triple Axel in addition to level-four spins and footwork for 94.06 factors. World champion Uno skated to John Mayer’s “Gravity”, taking second place with 89.98 factors.
In the ladies’s brief program, Canadian champion Madeline Schizas grabbed a slender lead over teammate Gabrielle Daleman.
Performing to “Black Swan”, 19-year-old Schizas accomplished a triple Lutz-triple Toeloop mixture, a triple Loop, a double Axel in addition to two level-four spins, incomes a season-best 67.90 factors.
Daleman’s efficiency to “Diamonds” by Rihanna earned 66.65 factors at her first dwelling Grand Prix in two years.
“I was very controlled. I just let the music take over, let it tell me what to do, when to jump, and just gave it my heart, and it was absolutely magic. I cannot be happier with it,” Daleman stated.
Ava Marie Ziegler from the United States got here third in her first senior Grand Prix with private finest rating of 66.49 factors.
You Young of South Korea, the 2020 ISU Four Continents silver medalist, was fourth at 65.10 factors. Japan’s two-time Four Continents champion Rika Kihira, who missed the previous season as a result of damage, positioned eighth on 59.27.
In the pairs occasion, reigning world silver medalists Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara of Japan skated into the lead with their new brief program, adopted by Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe of the United States and Italy’s Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii.
Skating to “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, Miura/Kihara produced a triple twist and a side-by-side triple Toeloop in addition to a level-four carry, spin and footwork to earn 73.39 factors.
Chan/Howe achieved a brand new private finest rating of 67.39 factors with their Flamenco-based program. Conti/Macii’s Tango-themed program lifted the Italians to new heights at their first senior Grand Prix, with a brand new private better of 66.66 factors.
2021 ISU World Championships’ bronze medalists Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier of Canada danced to the highest within the rhythm dance with a brand new private finest rating of 87.23 factors. Britain’s Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson got here second whereas American pair Caroline Green/Michael Parsons ranked third.