Combination Triple Axel Triple Toe Loop Rika Kihira - YouTube Japanese teenager Rika Kihira won the women's free skate on Saturday to capture the Four Continents figure skating title for the second straight year. You also had a triple axel and scored 78.22 while Russian "quad queen" Alexandra Trusova had 74.40. Kihira began learning to skate in 2007.
Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira is the highest-ranked ladies figure skater and a gold-medal-winning champion, having won the Four Continents twice. “She gives a … A highly successful first season, Kihira won a silver medal and finished fourth at the JGP Final. She was invited to skate in the gala at the 2015 NHK Trophy as the Japanese national novice champion in the same season. Learning to skate from the age of five, Kihira made her international junior debut at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) during the 2016-17 season. Rika KIHIRA (JPN) bacame the seventh lady in the world and the second junior lady to ever land a TRIPLE AXEL in competition! Kihira, 16, became the first woman to land two fully rotated triple Axels in one program on the top senior international level since Mao Asada at the 2010 Olympics and the youngest Japanese skater to win a … Kihira wowed the crowd at Hiroshima Green Arena, opening with a triple Axel-triple toe and followed that with an equally impressive triple Axel. [3] Ganó la medalla de oro en el Trofeo de Asia de 2017, celebrado en Hong Kong. /VCG Photo. In the 2015–16 season, she competed on the advanced novice level, winning gold at the Triglav Trophy. (Japan's Rika Kihira) Skating after South Korea's You Young brought the house down to take the lead, Kihira nailed her opening jump, a triple salchow, but singled the triple axel that followed. Calificó a la Final del Grand Prix Júnior en Marsella, donde obtuvo el cuarto lugar. Rika Kihira (紀平 梨花, ... En la prueba de Grand Prix Júnior de Eslovenia, fue la única patinadora en hacer un salto triple axel en su programa libre. With the crowd in the arena still cheering You's performance, her training partner Kihira prepared to start her skate. Japan's Marin Honda placed 10th with 59.20. As she topped the ranking with a total of 232.34 points, Kihira became the tournament's first women's champion to win consecutive titles. Mastering a triple Axel made Kihira an instant hit in Japan. Kihira's comeback. ... She reeled off a triple Axel, as well as six clean triples. “Her reputation was more or less sleeping until three weeks ago, but her clear-cut victory [at NHK] in Hiroshima made her one of Japan’s hottest persons,” a Japanese agent said. Factor in the added pressure of incorporating a triple axel, the notorious ice skating move achieved only by a select few, and the sense of intimidation is undeniable. Skating to "International Angel of Peace," she delivered an enthralling performance despite missing her first triple Axel and the following combination. After that, however, Kihira diverged from the program she was expected to skate, switching from single jumps to a triple axel-double toe loop combination. Rika Kihira (born July 21, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is also the first lady to ever land 8 clean rotated triples of all 6 types of jump in a free program! Kihira’s triple Axel, double toe and solo triple Axel were both called clean. On the junior level, she is the 2017 Japanese Junior national champion and the 2016 JGP Slovenia champion. Rika Kihira has arrived on the senior Grand Prix. Leading by five points after the short program, the 17-year-old opened with a triple Salchow but then singled what should have been a triple Axel.. Since then Kihira has gone on to win an array of medals in her short programme and free skate performances, including a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Trophy event in Hong Kong. Two more triple Lutz combinations, along with level 4 spins and footwork, paved the way for the surprise victory (224.31). Rika Kihira and Young You land triple Axels at Skate Canada (Rika Kihira) Skating to "Breakfast in Baghdad," Kihira opened with a triple axel and followed up with a triple flip-triple toe combination, a triple loop and level-four spins and footwork.
She is a two-time Four Continents champion (2019 & 2020), the 2018-19 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2019 Japanese national champion, the 2018 Japanese national silver medalist, and the 2017 Japanese national bronze medalist. The 17-year-old Rika Kihira of Japan skates with grace and confidence in her free skating at the Four Continents figure skating competition in Seoul, ROK, February 8, 2020. Zagitova has never landed a triple Axel in competition. She also became one of the only women to have landed the triple Axel jump.