At the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai, Japanese skaters Yuma Kagiyama and Mone Chiba achieved remarkable success. Kagiyama, making a strong comeback from injury, led the men's event with a comfortable lead on Thursday and secured his first Four Continents title on Friday, impressively breaking the 300-point barrier and hitting a season's best. Chiba, overcoming her nerves, clinched the women's gold with a performance that set a new personal best, marking the first major title of her career.
Kagiyama Yuma is back! The Japanese star surprised even himself by breaking the 300-point barrier to claim his first #4ContsFigure title. Read all about it here: https://t.co/HPtQ03zKzL @ISU_Figure | #FigureSkating https://t.co/KIIwlapzNZ
Figure skating: Yuma Kagiyama wins 1st Four Continents title https://t.co/QfD3zdlH9i
Master of artistry 🔥⛸ Yuma Kagiyama 🇯🇵 skates his way to his first #4ContsFigure Title 🥇 #FigureSkating https://t.co/xkjtyt8H86
Japan's Mone Chiba fought through nerves to take the first major title of her career at the Four Continents figure skating championship in Shanghai on Friday, smashing her personal best to finish well ahead of the pack. https://t.co/wngHX32L4C
Figure skating: Japan's Mone Chiba wins 4 Continents women's gold https://t.co/kBM62H2adZ
Yuma Kagiyama and Mone Chiba contributed to a very good showing for Japan at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai. https://t.co/jVwdtx0CCR
Japan's Kagiyama, Chiba lead competition at Four Continents: Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took a comfortable lead in the men's event at the Four Continents figure skating championship in Shanghai on Thursday, continuing his strong return… https://t.co/qXUwKXlZte #japannews #japantoday
Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took a comfortable lead in the men's event at the Four Continents figure skating championship in Shanghai, continuing his strong return from injury as he hit a season's best. https://t.co/0Fq9aSDJbI by @BeiJia_B #AFPSports #4ContsFigure https://t.co/7HVovmn5Ih