Mone CHIBA | Women Free Skating | Saskatoon 2025 | #gpfigure

She is amazing. She gives a wonderful display of pure skating skills in the short program. Goes into this with a small lead ahead of Isabeau. Wonderful. Marvel at the speed she generated with only two crossovers. There's the loop. First half, exceptional. Now she's got a couple of big combinations to start the second half. Triple lutz, double axel. That's her sequence. Triple lutz, double toe, double loop. And there's the flip. Well it's a bank of green lights for Mone Jiba. And worth just mentioning again, the skating skills that she has are phenomenal. The way she's able to generate speed is something to behold. This is of course her first Grand Prix of the season. She'll be competing in the Finlandia Trophy. The last Grand Prix of the event and I don't think she can quite believe what she's achieved. It was a mighty, mighty fine skate. I'd be amazed if that doesn't win her the gold medal. That's how it all began. There's the flip. I think she was a little bit short. Ooh, I don't know, maybe a cue. Yeah, looking down to give her a cue on that. The loop, that was beautiful. Just love the way she sets up the jumps, such a straight back. And nine times out of ten, you end up coming out of the jump in the position that you've gone in on. The double axel, that was definitely under-rotated. They haven't looked at that. They're on with that one though. Short to me as well. Triple lutz. Yeah, they've given that a cue for her call. And the loop as well. Triple flip. A cue. The technical score has come down a bit, but it was mighty high before the technical panel did their work. And of course, that second mark is going to help her. Coach is a coyote. So, we've got two and a half points in hand going into this. She's going to need a 1.3749 or more. We'll give her the gold medal. Yeah, 1.4494. That will do it. That will do it very, very nicely. She extends her lead. And there's confirmation of that. A season's best score for the wonderful Mone Chiba of Japan. What a fantastic start to her campaign in the Grand Prix. Thank you.