On March 26, Beijing time, the Figure Skating World Championships decided the women's single skating champion, and Japan's famous Hanaori Sakamoto won the championship with a large advantage. With the absence of russia's three sets of babakova, Trusova and Vallieva, Hanori Sakamoto managed to win the championship, and she was ecstatic, laughing and tearing. Belgium's Hendricks won the silver medal and the United States' Liu Meixian won the bronze medal.
The absence of the Russian matryoshka dolls made the figure skating World Championships women's singles competition lose its due shine. In terms of strength, Sherbakova, Trusova and Vallieva are all stronger than Hanori Sakamoto. At the Winter Olympics, Vallieva was originally the number one favorite to win the championship, but because she was not allowed to get on the podium, she was suspected of making a deliberate mistake in the free skating competition, and the final result fell to fourth, thus completing her teammates. Serbakova won the championship, Trusova was runners-up and Sakamoto Hanori was third.
At this World Championship, Russia's three sets of dolls were absent, and Hanori Sakamoto seized the rare opportunity, ranking first with a high score of 80.32 points in the short program competition, and Hendricks ranked second with 75.00 points, which has been a significant gap.
For comparison, in the short program competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Vallieva scored 82.16 points first, Sherbacher ah 80.20 points second, and Sakamoto Hanori 79.84 points third.
The free skating competition best reflects the strength of the athletes, Trusova won the highest score in the free skating, and her difficulty was the highest, 177.13 points. Serbakova scored 175.75 points. Vallieva scored only 141.93 points due to multiple turnovers, while Hanori Sakamoto scored 153.29 points.
At the World Championships, Hanaori Sakamoto scored 155.77 points in free skating. It can be said that the short program and free skating performance at the Sakamoto Hanaori World Championships played well, scoring better than the Winter Olympics. She won with 236.09 points, Hendricks second with 217.70 points and Liu Meixian third with 211.19 points.
Hanori Sakamoto was ecstatic after winning the championship, and after she won the bronze medal at the Winter Olympics, she caused a heated discussion because of her exaggerated expression. When she won the gold medal at the World Championships, she was even more excited, laughed wildly, and dedicated memes. At the award ceremony, Hanori Sakamoto burst into tears.
It is worth mentioning that the day before the World Championships, Sherbakova posted a photo of herself winning the World Championship last year, and it is obvious that she has some regrets that she cannot participate in the competition this year, otherwise she will have a chance to win the championship.