Yuma KAGIYAMA (JPN) | Men Free Skating | GP Final 2023

He's the skater that currently holds on to third place after the short program Yuma Kageyama 20 years old 182.88 is his season's best it's a 208.94 personal best that was a huge score at the 2022 winter olympic games right here in Beijing looks to be back on track as he'll skate only two quad jumps planned for Yuma Kageyama on his planned program content this first quad salchow is hopefully one of the best techniques you'll ever see flair for the dramatic that's for sure as we see Karolina Kostner in the background there behind the boards helping with this skater boy not sure if it's an inside or just a normal axel in the step sequence just came out of nowhere and you know this is where it's exciting to see the difference in this athlete because the complexity the transitions and the emotion now the music popular piece of music that we've seen from others use that it command it demands such intensity towards the end and Yuma Kageyama is now a human capable of living up to that he's not technically where he wants to be because of the injuries and the derailment of his progression technically but undoubtedly advancements made in his components and what an exciting and thrilling end to that no question he's becoming an all-round skater we take a look at the first element here that the salvation from the quad salchow a fear i jinxed him because the quad salchow normally is just a divine example of jumping quality popped it here and for Yuma Kageyama the likes of that triple loop comparatively easy but what makes this special is where we see this triple axel and the double axel it was phrased beautifully to the music the comprehension of more than just the skating skills technique the jump technique but the way in which it's pieced together in the composition of this program his father and you coach carolina watch ringside slight change of edge on the landing not comfortable as he would have perhaps liked but we have to be mindful of the fact that Yuma Kageyama is returning very much returning a more mature human but still one that had a sizable amount of time off the ice where he couldn't advance himself technically there's no question that he has the physical ability to do all the jumps that the others are doing that's just a matter of time though you know it's interesting that the first time that he qualified for the grand prix finals we see adam wait to see his fate when he first qualified for the grand prix final the event was cancelled but he was leading into that event as a favorite now completely different context but 182.88 is best from nhk trophy and it's 184.93 so two points up in the new season's best that's second in the free program with a 288.65 as Yuma Kageyama takes over the lead two skaters to come he's on the podium yes he says okay let's go