US EditionJapan's Kao Miura Wins Four Continents Figure Skating Championship in Olympic Tuneup
Kao Miura won the men's title by 0.11 points in Beijing, in a final event before the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics where top U.S. skaters rested.
- On Sunday, Kao Miura of Japan won the Four Continents men's title in Beijing, performing to Umbrellas of Cherbourg and edging Junhwan Cha.
- As a final tune-up, the Four Continents served as preparation for the Milan Cortina Winter Games, where figure skating begins with the team event in fewer than two weeks.
- Cha vaulted from sixth to second by winning the free skate, but Kao Miura edged him by a slim margin to claim the title.
- The top U.S. finisher was Tomoki Hiwatashi in seventh, with Jacob Sanchez eighth and Liam Kapeikis tenth, while the top three American men's skaters skipped the competition to rest before the Winter Games.
- Other top national finishes included Sota Yamamoto third at National Indoor Stadium, Mikhail Shaidorov fifth, Boyang Jin sixth, and Roman Sadovsky ninth with Wesley Chiu 12th and Aleksa Rakic 14th .
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Miura wins Four Continents figure skating championship in Olympic tuneup
Kao Miura of Japan won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Sunday in his final tuneup for the Milan Cortina Olympics. Performing to “Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 1960s musical drama, Miura finished his free skate with a total of 273.73 points to edge Junhwan Cha by the slimmest of…
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Japan's Kao Miura wins Four Continents figure skating championship in Olympic tuneup
Kao Miura of Japan has won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Performing to “Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” Miura finished with 273.73 points, edging out South Korea's Junhwan Cha by a slim margin.
Sadovsky Finishes Ninth on the Final Day of the ISU Four Continents Championships - Skate Canada
BEIJING, CHINA (January 25, 2026) – Canada’s Roman Sadovsky (Vaughan, Ont.) scored Canada’s top result in the men’s field to finish in ninth place after the men’s free program on the final day of the 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. The 2026 national silver medallist received 153.52 points for an overall score of 233.51. “I had some uncharacteristic mistakes. I haven’t missed a triple axel in the long program all season,…
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