Sota YAMAMOTO (JPN)

“I was able to achieve a lot of experience from this World Championships. This will definitely lead to my growth as a skater so I want to take this learning experience with me for the next season and come back stronger to Worlds. (changing his planned triple flip+double Axel+SEQ to triple flip+triple toe combo) I made some mistakes in the first half of the program so I was thinking about where I could recover as I was skating, so I was calm and I know changing the 3F+2A to 3F+3T has only a little bit of a difference, but I wanted to raise my score as much as I could, so I’m happy I could add the triple toe even after my triple flip was a little stuck. I had a disappointing season last year so I worked really hard coming into this season. I did have some mistakes here but looking back at this season I felt my growth. This season ended with a little regret, but I will definitely work harder and come back stronger.”