The top-tier skaters are well known, but exciting quests are right behind as young athletes aim to earn their own spots on the national team.
Uno delivers a bold reminder that he remains one of the world’s premier skating stars.
Both champions won by wide margins over the second-place finishers.
American Vincent Zhou and Japanese teenager Mana Kawabe are both in second place heading into the free skate.
“Everything is improving now and technically spiritual,” Uno said. “The most important thing I have practiced is the quadruple salchow.”
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“The competition was so special and so fun for me. During skating it was like skating inside a dream,” Miyahara recalled.
The list places a priority on results in major competitions, while taking into account mitigating factors like injury, record scores and big moves up the standings.
The United States finished second and Japan placed third in the seventh edition of the prestigious event.
Chen holds a slight lead over his top rival, while Russia is in first place after the first day of competition.