2023-24 Japan Nationals - Women's FS

[brblja]

Kaori Sakamoto
Season best FS: 151
Needed to lead: 130.5
For 2nd: 123.41
For 3rd: 121.92

Barring a total disaster, she should have it in hand.

 

[Dawn825]

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

24. 坂 本 花 織 Kaori Sakamoto (Sysmex)​

Wild Is The Wing / Feeling Good by Lauryn Hill, choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil

2A
3Lz
3S
CCoSp3
StSq4
3F+2T
FSSp4
3F+3T
2A+3T+2T
ChSq1 + 2.25
3Lo
FCCoSp4

SP: 78.78 (1st)
FS: 154.34 (1st)
TOT: 233.12 (1st)

I love watching Kaori grow into her programs each season. We always seem to start out the feeling unsure about them, but she always sells them but the end of the season. The clear winner, she looks on fire this season.

 

[LazyFuzai]

The Queen did what she is made for and that's it.

 

[ptvvibezz]

Good for kaori! Anyways time for bed since I've been awake for almost 24 hours and am barely lucid

 

[Sai Bon]

I held my breath....but her jumps are so stable it's unreal.

 

[ana]

Kaori

 

[cohkaix]

Other than minor errors with the spins....well deserving KAORI!!

 

[EdgeCall]

Skated like the champion she is.

Her consistency is amazing. She must eat rink monsters for breakfast. The others should try it too.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Atta girl, Kaori!

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

What an amazing skate, Kaori! Love her energy and her personality.
Great program, love her dress and her excecution is awesome!!

 

[Sai Bon]

She jumps as high as the men and her landing speed is so much faster than other women. Amazing.

 

[Isk]

OK, pretty clear where this is going and I need to take care of my family. It was nice doing this all over again today and I still have ladies from Rus chapms to watch.

 

[LazyFuzai]

Overall sad and not funny competition to watch,but it is what is it.Hope we gonna see better Women skates at international ones.Thanks everyone for this 3 days and see you in a month probably .

 

[YuBluByMe]

Sakamoto closes it out with a clean skate. I want to be on the wall for the World selection conversation. I swear if Chiba is sent to Junior Worlds, JFed will be getting another scathing letter from me.

 

[liv]

Got here for the final 3... J Nats is always great so I'm sad I missed everyone else.

 

[brblja]

Haha, right at the last performance I found out that Fuji TV has a free yt broadcast of the Kiss&Cry - and while we were marvelling how amazing she was, in the K&C she was all, that last spin, meeeeh.

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

I will go eat dinner and then watch all the rest that I missed on Fuji on Demand. So happy to have watched Mai, Mone and Kaori live.

KAORI CHAMPION, so very well done, congratulations!

 

[balabam]

And now...

 

[tsuyoboogie]

I think I've figured out the Women's WC and 4CC spots (unless the fed decides to go back to sending the same team to both events)
But the 3rd JWC spot is still