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Today he fell on the 4F! Congratulations for the medal though, it's really a feat to get one, being not overscored at all while others are very much so. I was happily surprised though, that another skater got some of his (chronic) underrotations called, the scoring unfairness came mostly from the judges. I can't watch the Free Skating yet, but given the difference in awarded scores, I would bet a pretty hefty amount that Shun Sato did deserve Gold, maybe by a small margin over his compatriot medallist? (who, therefore, deserved his Silver Medal)
 
Here's Shun Sato's Short Program at the Grand Prix Final:

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There has been a more complete video, as well as the Free Skating, but they seem to have been taken down, and I don't find them on Youtube.
 
Shoma's assessment on Shun, as we are approaching Japanese Nationals:



Machine translation:

"Shun has the highest level of perfection in jumping. He is starting to be able to demonstrate his true abilities in competitions, and I think his potential, or rather his true abilities, will continue to grow. This is not surprising to me at all. From my point of view, this is not the highest level of his abilities yet, so I think he will become a skater who is one of the competitors for the top of the world."
 
Shun Sato's 4Lz didn't behave in the Free Skating either, with also a downgrade and a fall. I hope that he's not injured. He was 7th with 148.90 (7th overall with 230.80). He's likely to have at least a spot for 4CC because Rio Nataka isn't eligible, but I'm not even sure.

Here's his Short Program, I don't have his Free Skating yet, his part starts about 14min30:

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I really hoped that he would get a Worlds assignment, having I think the second Season's Best after Yuma Kagiyama (and Shun's a real one, but it doesn't matter for JSF...)
 
The Short Program at Winter University Games in Torino, is scheduled between 6pm and 9pm tomorrow, Central European Time.
I wish Shun Sato an excellent Ladies in Lavender, and a good (technical and judges) panel not to overscore the usually overscored skaters! I don't know how the skating order was determined, as he is to skate 32d and last, while the other "strong medal contenders" (Yuma Kagiyama, Junhwan Cha and Daniel Grassl) are closely grouped in the middle, except Sota Yamamoto who's 28th:
 
That was a new Torino robbery (after Senior Grand Prix Final 2019, not for him, I mean)!
He had a perfect skate, the commenters were stressing how faultless it was, wondering how much over Yuma Kagiyama's score (106+) he would get given his higher base value, and he got only 96+! I wonder under what pretence they could perpetrate such an injustice. I hope that FISU isn't as hopeless as IOC (and of course ISU, where no complaint is allowed for score rigging), and that he can lodge a complaint and get his deserved score.
And I hope that he will hold on and skate a perfect Free Skating too, because it's part of the "game" (rather in the hunting sense...) of scoring discrepancies, that the underscored skaters will be mentally destabilised and make errors in their next skates, particularly in the Free Skating.
Ganbatte Shun Sato, and congratulation because you're the true winner of this Short Program!
I hope that we'll get videos soon.
 
I'm so, so sorry that Shun Sato didn't stand the terrible pressure of being terribly underscored (as far as I remember, only Yuzuru Hanyu in his 2017 World Championships Short Program had ever been underscored to such a level in Men?), while having a compatriot competitor being overscored, and another competitor very much overscored. He crumbled and had a rather nightmarish Free Skating. 😭
 
If I understand correctly, Shun Sato is to skate in about an hour his Short Program at the National Winter Festival, I wish him an excellent skate! (but I won't be able to watch it)
 
I wish I had watched it though because it seems to have been excellent indeed, and he scored above 100. Of course, unlike at the Universiade, this is a national competition, it doesn't count as Personal Best, but I hope that it's a sign from JSF that underscoring went too far against Shun Sato at Universiade? I wish we "simply" had fair scoring everywhere!
Congratulations anyway, and I hope I can watch the video soon, for the Day 1 Juniors there's already an archived stream so I'll be patient. :)
 
Here it is, the archive stream is working, Shun Sato is from 0:40:30:
japangamestv.japan-sports.or.jp

[8] フィギュア 第２日目 成年男子（SP）・少年男子（FS）・少年女子（FS） - 国スポチャンネル

国スポチャンネル「 [8] フィギュア 第２日目 成年男子（SP）・少年男子（FS）・少年女子（FS） 」国民スポーツ大会の競技をライブ配信。見逃し配信も、会員登録不要・完全無料で視聴いただけます。
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I wish him the best Free Skating today/tomorrow!
 
He's going to skate last, "of course", and it's going to be very late, near Midnight!
I hope that he will have an excellent skate though!

Edit : wrong hour!
 
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Nobunari Oda has just entered the rink, and after him it's Shun Sato's turn! I hope him an excellent skate (and to Nobunari Oda too, of course!)

The streaming:
japangamestv.japan-sports.or.jp

[11] フィギュア 第３日目 成年女子（SP）・成年男子（FS） - 国スポチャンネル

国スポチャンネル「 [11] フィギュア 第３日目 成年女子（SP）・成年男子（FS） 」国民スポーツ大会の競技をライブ配信。見逃し配信も、会員登録不要・完全無料で視聴いただけます。
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