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 appearance at this event on Saturday night. Teammate Kao Miura earned the silver — his first Grand Prix medal, while Italy’s Matteo Rizzo took the bronze.
Uno turned out the landing of his opening quad loop and then slightly underrotated a quad Salchow and quad flip in his routine to “Air on the G String” and “Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena.” The 2022 Olympic bronze medalist later underrotated a triple Axel and stepped out of an under-rotated quad toe, however, the quad toe-triple toe was solid as was the triple Axel-double toe sequence. Two of his spins and straight-line footwork were graded a level four and he placed first in the free skate and overall (183.17/273.15).
Teammate Miura landed a quad toe-triple toe and very good triple Axel, but fell on a quad Salchow and stepped out of a quad toe. All three spins were graded a level four in his routine to music from Beauty and the Beast, and the 2022 Four Continents bronze medalist finished second in the free skate (171.23) and overall (265.29).
Rizzo underrotated and two-footed the landing of his opening quad toe, but then landed a quad loop in his routine to “Talking to the Moon.” The triple flip (in combination with a triple toe) received an edge call, but the 2019 European bronze medalist was otherwise solid, landing a total of five triple jumps. He earned 169.85 for a fourth-place finish in the free skate, but with a total score of 251.03, rose up one spot to third overall.
Skating to last season’s “Lullaby,” Canada’s Keegan Messing landed two solid quads, but turned out a solo triple Axel. The 2022 Nebelhorn Champion also produced a clean triple loop and very good level-for spins and footwork, but the triple flip received an edge call. He finished third (171.03) in the free skate, and with a total score of 250.72, placed fourth overall.
USA’s Camden Pulkinen landed a quad toe and triple Axel-Euler-double Salchow in his routine to “Invierno Porteno” by Astor Piazzolla, but put a hand down on a triple Lutz and stepped out of a doubled quad attempt and triple Axel. The 2022 U.S. International Classic bronze medalist scored 143.99 points for an eighth-place free skate, but with a total score of 219.06, maintained fifth place overall.
Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland finished sixth (212.43), followed by Canada’s Stephen Gogolev (210.64).
Uno will compete next at NHK Trophy along with Rizzo. Keegan is currently schedule to compete next in Espoo, Finland.
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