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Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto first woman in 56 years to claim three-peat

Montreal – Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto retained the figure skating world title with a stellar performance in Montreal on Friday and became the first woman to win three straight crowns since American Peggy Fleming in 1968. Sakamoto was in fourth place after the short program, but the 23-year-old’s dazzling free skate to “Wild Is The Wind/Feeling

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Kaori Sakamoto wins Challenge Cup in Netherlands

TILBURG, Netherlands – Figure skating world champion Kaori Sakamoto won the Challenge Cup in Tilburg, Netherlands, beating short program leader Yuna Aoki in a 1-2 finish for Japan on Sunday. The Beijing Olympic bronze medalist totaled 212.43 to win the non-ISU Grand Prix series event for the second time in a row. Aoki, who sprang

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Kaori Sakamoto wins first Grand Prix Final title

BEIJING – Reigning world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto picked up her first Grand Prix Final title Saturday. The 23-year-old from Kobe earned 148.35 points in the free skate for a total of 225.70 at Beijing’s National Indoor Stadium. Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx finished second with 203.36 points, 0.20 above third-place Hana Yoshida of Japan, who

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Kaori Sakamoto and Shoma Uno to play for Japan at World Team Trophy

Kaori Sakamoto, who just won her second consecutive world title last week, will captain Japan in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition starting April 13 in Tokyo. Shoma Uno, also a two-time world champion, Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura, who together won the Japanese doubles title at the World Championships in Saitama, are

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Kaori Sakamoto defended her world title to end Saitama Jinx

Saitama – If revenge is a dish best served cold, Kaori Sakamoto couldn’t have chosen a better spot than ice at Saitama Super Arena. The reigning world champion edged ahead of the rest of the final group, including a strong performance by South Korean runner-up Lee Hae-in’s “Elastic Heart” free skate at the 2023 World

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Kaori Sakamoto driving the World Championship

Saitama – Japanese figure skaters shone in the women’s short program at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday, with reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto in the lead and Mai Mihara finishing the evening in third place among a packed crowd. Sakamoto performed all of her elements cleanly to Janet Jackson’s medley, including the

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Kaori Sakamoto wins second consecutive national title

Kadoma, Osaka Pref. – Reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto won the women’s title at the Japan National Figure Skating Championships for the second consecutive year and third overall on Saturday. Sakamoto performed a nearly flawless free skate, scoring 155.26 points out of 233.05 in total at the Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in Osaka Prefecture. The

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