Sakamoto became the first Japanese who has won two in a row WC

The Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto won the World Cup of 2023 in Saitama. information agency "Associated Press" © Hiro Komae the Sportswoman won a world championship in the second time in a row and became the first Japanese in the history which was succeeded to protect the champion title. In free skating the sportswoman became only the second, having gained 145,37 points. But on the sum of two prokatov won final first place (224,61 points). Since 1991 only three other figure skaters won a world championship twice in a row — Americans Christina Yamaguchi (1991, 1992) and Michelle Kvan (2000, 2001), and also the Russian Eugenia Medvedeva (2016, 2017). Earlier...