In the list of appearances in the figure skating team competitions of various countries announced on the evening of February 3, the Japanese figure skating "famous" Yusheng Yushin was absent. He was replaced by another Japanese figure skater, Masama Uno, who won a silver medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Although the strength of Uno Masamune cannot be underestimated, there is obviously still a certain gap compared to The Feather String.
In this regard, Takeshi Honda, a senior figure skater, gave this evaluation when he was invited by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) to serve as a commentator. He believes that although the absence of Yusei Yushin is a pity, the strength of Uno Masami is also not to be underestimated. At the same time, the absence of Masama Uno means that the Japanese figure skating team is determined to win the men's singles figure skating event. The two biggest favorites in men's singles figure skating are Japan's Masami Uno and American Chen Wei. There is no doubt that the choice of Yusheng knot string is more like a "abandoned car to protect the marshal" strategy, and strive to ensure that Yu Sheng knot string can win the men's singles gold medal.
As for the mainland figure skating men's singles, from the perspective of comprehensive international competitions, there is still a gap with Japan, South Korea, the United States, Italy, Canada and other countries. At present, it is not the top three, but should be placed on breaking through the best results in history, and strive to enter the top ten and brave the top eight. At the same time, the Chinese figure skating team has also established the participation list, led by Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu, Jin Boyang, Zhu Yi and other young Chinese players will participate in the pair skating, ice dance, men's singles and women's singles events.
As for whether the figure skating team competition can break through? At present, the Chinese team only has 2 double figure skating places, and it is more difficult to break through. However, the goal of this year's pair skating is more to strive for the top five, try to squeeze into the top three, break through themselves and accumulate experience in international competitions is also a victory. In fact, the mainland's emphasis on and development of the Winter Olympic Games has started late compared with Japan, South Korea and European countries. I believe that with a little more time, Chinese Winter Olympic athletes will slowly catch up with other Winter Olympic powers and create historical achievements in figure skating, steel snowmobiling and other sports.