BEIJING – 2022 Winter Olympic champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong completed first in the pairs short program at the ISU Determine Skating Four Continents at house on Thursday.
China’s Sui and Han led the sector with 76.02 factors, adopted by Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi of Japan with 71.95 factors, simply 0.10 factors forward of the third-placed American pair Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov. Fellow Chinese language pair Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang scored 69.05 factors to put fourth. The pairs free skate takes place on Saturday.
“We felt delighted to take part in the Four Continents Championships once more. Our efficiency was not that excellent as we speak. We have to forge forward step-by-step to realize increased objectives at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics,” stated Han, 33, who has claimed six Four Continents titles along with Sui.
Japanese skaters led the ladies’s short program, with 17-year-old Ami Nakai first on 73.83 factors, 2.42 factors forward of runner-up Yuna Aoki, with Mone Chiba third on 68.07 factors.
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“I used to be in good kind as we speak to search out my rhythm, which boosted my confidence in skating and leaping. I used to be glad with my efficiency as we speak and can attempt to preserve enhancing,” stated Nakai.
China’s Zhu Yi, Zhang Ruiyang and An Xiangyi ranked tenth, eleventh and sixteenth respectively in the ladies’s short program.
American skaters took the highest three locations in the ice dance rhythm dance. Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik topped the rankings with 79.97 factors, with Caroline Inexperienced and Michael Parsons second on 78.66 factors, adopted by Oona Brown and Gage Brown on 74.24 factors.
Chinese language pairs Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu, Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing, and Xiao Zixi and He Linghao positioned eighth, tenth and eleventh respectively.
“After the Nationwide Determine Skating Championships final month, we adjusted some particulars to make the present extra spectacular. We did nice as we speak however nonetheless must do extra to realize our greatest,” Liu stated.
Because the final ISU determine skating occasion earlier than 2026 Winter Olympics, the Four Continents event runs Thursday by means of Sunday at Beijing’s Nationwide Indoor Stadium.
