Nakata achieved a good result, but Seo defended his gold medal.
Nakata, the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final winner, was fifth in the short program, but didn't get off to the best start in the “James Bond” free skate, failing to land on both feet on the opening quad toe loop.
The combination of triple axel and triple toe loop is better and he After that, my feet were almost perfect. He landed a solid triple Axel, followed by a triple flip and a triple flip-Euler-triple Salchow combination.
The Welsh-born 15-year-old scored 151.71 points with three skaters totaling 229.31 points.
Despite performing a clean free skate to Aerosmith's “Dream On,” Hagala was unable to pass him.
Other than an awkward first triple axel/double toe loop combination, the Slovakian was solid throughout, finishing just short of her personal best with a score of 147.59. This placed him second in the free skate and second overall with a total of 225.61 points.
for Francois Pitotlying in second place following the short program, it was a day to forget.
The young Frenchman started off with a nice combination of triple axel and double toe loop, but then landed what should have been a triple axel on his own.
After that, she attempted a triple axel to regain the points she had lost, but she lacked the ability to execute and fell on a triple Lutz, ending her hopes for a medal. He placed 6th in the free skate with 136.16 points and 4th overall with 214.95 points, with leader Xu finishing his skate with just one night left.
Korean He had an eerily similar start to Pitou.previously hit a triple axel and double toe loop combination jump triple axel. After that, her jump settled down and she landed a triple loop, followed by a triple flip and triple toe loop combination.
His technical element score was lower than Nakata's, and it seemed that he was close to winning the overall gold medal. On this day, Seo took second place with a free score of 150.17, but his total score of 230.75 was enough to win the title.
Youth Olympic bronze medalist for New Zealand Li Yanhao She bounced back from 23rd place in the short program to 8th in the free program and finished 12th overall.
Jacob Sanchezfinished in 4th place at Gangwon-do 2024, but had a tough time jumping. The American took 15th place in the free skate, but only dropped one place from ninth to 10th in the overall standings.
leader Mie Hamada, Shunsuke Nakamura He had a great free skate with a combination of a quadruple toe loop, triple axel and double toe loop, but he fell on the second triple axel and lost points.
The 18-year-old, who was in 10th place after the short program, scored 142.61 points for a total of 215.46 points and remained at the top of the leaderboard until teammate Nakata skated. He ended up finishing fourth in the free skate and fourth overall.