Japan's Miura claims Cup of China men's figure skating title

Our final competitor represents Japan, The final competitor, Kaomura, 21-year-old from Tokyo, who was resplendent in the short program. He will need a season's best if he can maintain this place as he inhabits the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde. Three quads planned over the course of the next four minutes. In each of us, there are two natures. If this primitive duality of man, good and evil, can be housed in separate identities, life will be relieved of all that is unbearable. It is the curse of mankind. Quad Salchow to open the program. When he turns his back upon And an excellent quad toe triple toe. This is a great start from Kyle Triple Axel as well. Maintain focus through the spin. It's probably quite crucial. Quad toe. All of the jumps are done, so now it will be the judges' decision on the programme components, the skating skills, presentation, composition. Nominal skate, Kyle Muir to close the men's event, the last competitive performance at this year's Cup of China, and he rightly celebrates, despite all of the pressure that has been placed upon him, that extra day of waiting since the short programme, and I think... maybe tears in the eyes of a skater that has had so many ups and downs but this potentially his best ever and although there are three quads here competitive to Vladislav's and of less value no quad lutz and quad flip unlike the Kichi the second mark the skating skills more flow and more glide so he has that so i think he will be the champion at this event and a very special way to close the competition And fans of Kamura have been through an absolute rollercoaster with him. When he was in France, he was the silver medalist, so should he take the title here, he may be a Grand Prix finalist. As we look back, a wonderful quad salchow. Go. And you can see there, still staying focused as he ticked off the valuable elements, quad toe, triple toe, and then the same sequence that all of the top three men have used, triple axel. That was it. Later the triple axel with the Euler triple salchow double axel sequence. No deviation on the back outside edge of that quad toe. And it's a mature concept to go with this Jekyll and Hyde. The music had great variability in it and Kyle delivered well. Choreography by Shae-Lynn Bourne. So a great example of what the judges will want to see for composition. How the program is constructed in relation to that music. As you see what it means. So he's utterly exhausted 189.63 is the best ever score for Kamura but that comes from three years ago at the Four Continents Championships he has taken Thank you. a while to resume that kind of form but it is now his best ever and that is with one less jumping Jumping pass in this year's Freeskate, 190.35. 293 total and they're the champion by quite some margin.