Yuma Kagiyama of Japan competes in the men’s short program competition at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, a test event for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Thursday, October 14, 2021.
Mai Mihara of Japan competes in the women’s free skating competition at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, a test event for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Friday, October 15, 2021.
From left to right, men’s singles silver medalist Shun Sato of Japan, gold medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan and bronze medalist Jin Boyang of China pose on the ice during their medal ceremony at the ‘Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, a test event for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Friday, October 15, 2021.
From left to right, women’s singles silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, gold medalist Mai Mihara of Japan and bronze medalist Joanna So of Hong Kong pose on the ice during their medal ceremony in The Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, a test event for the Winter 2022 Olympic Games, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Yuma Kagiyama of Japan competes in the men’s free skating competition at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, a test event for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Japan’s Mai Mihara chats with her coach during the women’s short program competition at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, a test event for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Thursday 14 October 2021.
BEIJING (AP) – Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama and Mai Mihara won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Asia Open in figure skating.
18-year-old world silver medalist Kagiyama scored 179.98 in freestyle for a total of 277.78 in the test event of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Kagiyama maintained her lead overnight, while Mihara passed her compatriot Kaori Sakamoto in the women’s competition on Friday.
Kagiyama said despite the victory, his schedule was far from perfect.
“If you look at it holistically, there were a lot of issues,” he told Kyodo News Agency. “I added a new quad loop to my free routine this season, and I want to improve to the point that even if I miss the quad loop, I will still do a good job on my other quad jumps.”
In a program with few errors, Mihara scored 135.75 points at Capital Indoor Stadium for a total of 203.58.
“I wasn’t as nervous as the day before,” Mihara said. “From start to finish, I skated without losing my focus, although I want to improve my accuracy with each jump.
Strict COVID-19 measures were in effect, with all participants required to stay in a competition bubble.
At the end of September, IOC and Beijing Games officials said there would be a 21-day quarantine for athletes, officials and workers not fully vaccinated at the event from February 4 to 20. They also said there will be daily tests for those vaccinated and no tickets will be sold to anyone living outside of China.
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