Japan’s Kagiyama smashes competition to take Four Continents title

Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama smashed the competition to take the men’s title at the Four Continents figure skating championship in Shanghai on Saturday, after Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps won the pairs.

Kagiyama made an error early in the free skating but his expressive, lightning-quick performance still earned him 200.76 points for a total of 307.58.

His compatriot Shun Sato was second with 274.59 overall, and South Korea’s Cha Jun-hwan rounded out the top three on 272.95.