It could have been happiness but she made a huge error on her last jumping pass so I assumed... it was negative. She also needed to win to go to the GPF.
She said she had a lot of regret for this competition in her interview afterwards too!
2018-19 Japanese Ladies' figure skating
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It could have been happiness but she made a huge error on her last jumping pass so I assumed... it was negative. She also needed to win to go to the GPF.
She said she had a lot of regret for this competition in her interview afterwards too!
The skaters ahead of her gave her a chance, but in the end she just couldn't reclaim the magic from West Japan. Bummer.
On the TV Asahi broadcast, she said her goal was to secure 200 points and skate, and that she herself really didn't understand why she was crying.It could have been happiness but she made a huge error on her last jumping pass so I assumed... it was negative. She also needed to win to go to the GPF.
She said she had a lot of regret for this competition in her interview afterwards too!
But it seemed like she lost all hope after the doubled jump. I've never seen her so expressionless during that final step routine...
Would be the best IMO. With that kind of field, they can't give everything to just three girls.
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Results from National Jr. ladies:
1. 横井 ゆは菜 Yuhana YOKOI (Total: 181.84)
2. 荒木 菜那 Nana Araki (Total: 170.90)
3. 川畑 和愛 Tomoe Kawataba (Total: 158.16)
Congratulations to the medalists!
Note: the scorings of ladies' competitions are quite strict this time due to the judges assigned....
1. 横井 ゆは菜 Yuhana YOKOI (Total: 181.84)
2. 荒木 菜那 Nana Araki (Total: 170.90)
3. 川畑 和愛 Tomoe Kawataba (Total: 158.16)
Congratulations to the medalists!
Note: the scorings of ladies' competitions are quite strict this time due to the judges assigned....
Not a surprising podium. Congrats to Yuhana Yokoi who finally won junior nats in her last junior season at 18yo.
Hope that Nana and Tomoe will do well at senior nats to get jworlds spots.
Sad for Moa Iwano who missed the top 6 by one point. URs are really costly for her.
Hope that Nana and Tomoe will do well at senior nats to get jworlds spots.
Sad for Moa Iwano who missed the top 6 by one point. URs are really costly for her.
1. Yuhana Yokoi https://youtu.be/E22bwsenntU
2. Nana Araki https://youtu.be/rWhlgiVxnR4
3. Tomoe Kawabata https://youtu.be/qeA7c7brwC8
4. Rinka Watanabe
5. Yuna Aoki https://youtu.be/3yY8RYHaqqI
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Will Nana Araki stay junior for an extra year because of how crowded senior level is? Or will she move up next season?
Surely Kaori will be at 4CC since she is defending champion.
Surely Kaori will be at 4CC since she is defending champion.
Kawabata was an impressive recovery from 12th in the short.
So bummed about Miyu Honda. Just a touch over her season's best would have gotten her on the podium!!
Hard to train harder jumps with her desease. I've just read this https://mobile.twitter.com/juronom/status/1066573350284095489
It would be a nightmare to see her stop in the middle of a program.
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Yeah, I thought she was worried she had blown her lead and the podium with the salchow error but in fact she got silver! I know they don't look at the scores of others really but it was pretty obvious after her very good FS and given her SP lead over Tennell that she would be on the podium. Too bad she didn't make the GPF as I think she could have made it more interesting than Samodurova will but hopefully she gets 4CC.
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An interesting point about this video of Tomoe's FS performance: if you scroll down the video to around 5:14 time tag, on the screen the video shows some real time measurements of Tomoe's 3Lz jump. They incorporate a new special technique called 'Ice Scope' to get the real time numbers. So for that 3Lz, it has distance (of the jump): 2.43m; height: 0.57m; and in speed of 14.8 Km/hr. This is also drawing ppl's discussion on twitter about the new technique.
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Congratulations to the medallists! 
Yuhana's strategy to stay in juniors is paying off.
This is really cool. Such a tool could be used to apply GOE, making it more objective.
Yuhana's strategy to stay in juniors is paying off.This is really cool. Such a tool could be used to apply GOE, making it more objective.
Depends of if she goes to junior worlds and make a good result like a top 5 or top 6 IMO.
Thank you for sharing! Poor Mai. Her arthritis flared up during off season which is why she didn’t have enough time on the ice to get a new FS (according to various reports)! So poorly timed... just like when she skated in JGPF
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I want that Ice Scope thing in every competition! :eeking:
Why can't we have nice things, ISU??
Why can't we have nice things, ISU??
Oh gosh; she’s been skating so well I forgot about her fight with this illness! Now it makes me even more upset for her when so many people talk about how unremarkable she is, or that she’s so forgettable, etc. Mai is even more amazing to me now!
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It’s the first time in 8 years that 3 Japanese ladies are headed to the Grand Prix Final.
In 2010, it was Kanako Murakami, Akiko Suzuki, and Miki Ando. This year, it’s Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, and Kaori Sakamoto (with Mai Mihara as 1st alternate).
https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1066702466962546688
In 2010, it was Kanako Murakami, Akiko Suzuki, and Miki Ando. This year, it’s Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, and Kaori Sakamoto (with Mai Mihara as 1st alternate).
https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1066702466962546688
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Just a little appreciation post for the Kobe skaters who are my Japanese favorites! Mai and Kaori, who both did really well on the GP! 
Just a little appreciation post for the Kobe skaters who are my Japanese favorites! Mai and Kaori, who both did really well on the GP!
Love the Kobe women! They both improved on their placements from last year - and special shout-out to Mai for breaking her 4th place curse!
So happy to see 3 Japanese in the GPF and the 1st alternate being Japanese. Speaks volumes to the amazing talent of all these skaters!
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