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Rika Kihira (18 = Toyota Motor), who was second in the short program (SP), fell to seventh overall. Only 126.62 points in 9th place in free, totaling 205.70 points. He avoided the quadruple salchow, but fell on a triple throttle (three and a half revolutions) and lamented: “Sorry for the performance.
So far, Kihira has calmly and objectively analyzed herself immediately after the performance, regardless of whether the performance is good or bad. That is one of its strengths. Even after this free time, I carefully looked back at my performance through online interviews.
◆ Avoid the 4-round Salchow
The official practice for the day was not a production link, but a practice link. The change to two revolutions of three and a half was made by calm judgment.
“I decided not to do a salchow after official practice. I was planning to put it on if I was in good shape, but I only had 6 minutes to switch from practice link (right before production link practice). I don’t think I’ll be on time “.
◆ Failure to set the time
The free performance begins at 9:38 pm local time. On the other hand, SP was around 3:00 pm on the 24th.
“Before the performance, my legs were shaking. I woke up in the morning and my body was sleeping. I thought the adjustment was very important in that part. I should have done it nightly. That is the point of reflection.”
◆ Differences with your rivals in the world
Trusova, who was in 12th place in SP, moved up to 3rd place overall with a composition of 4 rotations, 4 types and 5 lines. On the other hand, SP leader Shelvakova (both from the Russian Federation) fell with a quadruple jump at the beginning. After that, he showed a very complete performance by jumping up to 3 rotations. Kihira was a valuable opportunity to measure the distance to the goal of the 22nd gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
“I don’t have to make mistakes every day (in practice) and bring it to a full form where I play SP and free twice (songs). I want to be able to update my personal best even if I lower it. Run to the Beijing Olympics , I want to practice putting on two quads. I learned that it is important to match the time zone (at the top of the mind and body). But besides that, I think we have to accept it. “
At the end of the interview, Kihira said to himself: “There are many reasons, but I was able to overcome it. I was practicing on the last minute line, and when I matched the match, this kind of thing happened.” He has been skating stoically, but the 18-year-old promised to grow even bigger.
“Looking at my grades, I thought they were telling me, ‘More and more. I’m not enough,’ and I thought I had to handle everything.”
It takes about 10 and a half months to reach the Beijing Olympics. I will definitely feed off this regret.[Wataru Matsumoto]
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