SportPosted at: Nov 13 2021 8:32PM Japan's Sakamoto, Uno wins singles title at ISU NHK Trophy
Tokyo, Nov 13 (UNI/Xinhua) Japan's Shoma Uno claimed the men's singles title at the International Skating Union (ISU) NHK Trophy while his compatriot Kaori Sakamoto retained the women's crown here on Saturday.
Uno, the overnight leader at the short program, collected 187.57 points in the free skate with a flawless show, winning the title with a total of 290.15.
The 23-year-old Uno, silver medalist at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, has thus secured a place in the ISU Grand Prix Final to be held in Osaka from Dec. 13-15.
America's Vincent Zhou took silver with 260.69 points and South Korea's Cha Jun-Hwan was third with 259.60.
Sakamoto, 21, the 2018 Four Continents champion, stormed to the gold medal with a season's best of 146.78 points in free skating and a total of 223.34.
Her teammate Mana Kawabe made it a one-two for the Japanese women and South Korea's Young You took the bronze medal.
The pairs title went to Russia's world champions Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov, who skated to the second Grand Prix victory of their career with 148.88 points in free skating and a total of 227.28 points.
Their teammates Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, who finished fourth four years ago in Pyeongchang, came second and Japan's Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara collected the bronze medal.
The ice dance title was also won by reigning world champions. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov of Russia danced to the gold in style. Two-time world medalists Madison Chock/Evan Bates of the United States earned the silver medal and Britain's Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson claimed the bronze.
The NHK Trophy is the fourth leg of the ISU Grand Prix series and the next event is the Internationaux de France on Nov. 19-21.
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