Uno on the "q" calls

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Uno rallies to take third Skate Canada gold

2022 Skate Canada – Men’s Recap Japan’s Shoma Uno rallied after a second-place Short Program to capture the gold in the Men’s discipline at 2022 Skate Canada in his third […]

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Despite the “q” calls (slightly under-rotated) on quad Salchow and quad flip, Uno was still able to fight through the program one element to the next.

“Even if I do make mistakes like underrotations or anything like that, I do have the confidence that I can do the ‘right’ jumps, so that is not really a big deal,” said Uno. “The one thing that I truly have to be careful about is that I do not wish to perform more than I can do in practices. In these competitions, I would rather achieve or learn something to take to my next practice. I want to do good practices so I can do good competitions. If I do good competitions, I can take it to my next practice and keep building up, and that’s what I really believe in.”

Do you think the "q"s are called more often than not?

He was also asked about making his exhibition routine "Padam Padam" into a Short program. What say you?

What are your thoughts on the other performances of the men at this event?