Yuma Kagiyama

…the Milano Cortina Winter Games, Yuma Kagiyama was considered to be the figure skater with the best shot to challenge the heavy gold-medal favorite Ilia Malinin. Kagiyama was the silver medalist in the singles and team events at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. He had injuries in his left…

…his chief rival, Japanese skater Yuma Kagiyama. The two skaters faced off again several days later during the first part of the men’s singles competition. This time Malinin took first place in the short program, and Kagiyama finished second. After Kagiyama had a shaky free skate, the stage seemed set…