Men’s competitions at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships have come to an end. Japanese figure skater Sema Uno won. He defended his 2022 title.
The tournament will take place from March 22-26 in Saitama, Japan.
Second place went to South Korean athlete Cha Jun Hwan, who scored almost the same points as Uno from the judges for PP. The South Korean has a score of 196.39, the Japanese have a score of 196.51. The top three winners were closed by 18-year-old American Ilya Malinin, who made a quadruple axel in the PP, his performance was judged by the jury with a score of 188.06.
Yesterday, on March 24, Japanese Kaori Sakamoto scored 224.61 points and became the winner of the World Championship. Second place is taken by Korea’s Hae In Lee (220.94). At the end of the tournament, the third place and bronze medal went to Belgian Luna Hendrix (210.42).
Recall that at the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made an appeal to international sports federations and advised not to allow domestic and Belarusian athletes to participate in any competitions. For this reason, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions.
It was previously reported that the American Ashley Wagner. got angry 2023 Russian coaches admitted to the World Cup.