23 Japan Nationals Men Free PBP

[Lana K]

Kao has had two very strong back-to-back seasons, so I hope he gets the edge based on BOW. He was great again this competition. And Sota’s performance at Worlds last year was frankly lacklustre, which I know isn’t part of the selection criteria but emotionally it feels like it should be.

 

[skatingguy]

@cohkaix translated the requirements over on Goldenspin
Worlds Men

Sr. men 3 spots	Criteria	Candidates (in order of ranking)
1st spot	1. Nationals-champion	TBD	--	--	--	--
2nd spot	2-A. Nationals - 2nd & 3rd placements	TBD	TBD	--	--	--
2nd	2-B. GPF: top 2 placements	Shoma	Yuma	*Kao	--	--
2nd	2-C. Top 3 by Seasonal Best (ISU)	Shoma	Yuma	Kao	*Shun	--
3rd spot	3-A. Skater(s) left out from 2nd spot selection	TBA	TBA	--	--	--
3rd	3-A. Skater(s) left out from 2nd spot selection	Shoma	Yuma	*Kao	--	--
3rd	3-A. Skater(s) left out from 2nd spot selection	Shoma	Yuma	Kao	*Shun	--
3rd	3-B. Top 3 by World Standing (ISU)	Shoma	Kao	Kazuki	*Shun	*Yuma
3rd	3-C. Top 3 by SWR (ISU)	Yuma	Kao	Shoma	*Shun	*Sota
3rd	3-D. Top 3 of average scores (from selected international/domestic competitions)	Shoma	Yuma	Shun	*Kao	*Kazuki

 

[skatingguy]

and 4 Continents

Men (3 spots)	Criterion	Candidates (in order of ranking)
1st spot 2nd spot 3rd spot	A. Top 10 at Nationals	TBD	---	---	---	---	--
	B. Top 6 from WS (ISU)	Shoma	Kao	Kazuki	Shun	Yuma	Sota
	C. Top 6 from SWR (ISU)	Yuma	Kao	Shoma	Shun	Sota	Kazuki
	D. Top 6 from SB (ISU)	Shoma	Yuma	Kao	Shun	Kazuki	Sota
	E. Top 6 of Average score (from selected competitions)	Shoma	Yuma	Shun	Kao	Kazuki	Sota

 

[kwanfan1818]

There are a number of posts on this Twitter account that have videos of the Men’s FS in two parts each:
https://twitter.com/moozuru

No Uno yet.

 

[tony]

It's Uno, Kagiyama, and Miura for Worlds. Perfect.

Kagiyama, Yamamoto, and Sato to 4CC.

 

[Hedwig]

It's Uno, Kagiyama, and Miura for Worlds. Perfect.

Kagiyama, Yamamoto, and Sato to 4CC.

Ah wonderful. I was so fearing it would benYamamoto for Worlds.