{"id":255205,"date":"2026-01-24T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/255205\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:54:07","slug":"miura-kao-spearheads-japanese-podium-sweep-in-the-short-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/255205\/","title":{"rendered":"Miura Kao spearheads Japanese podium sweep in the short program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miura Kao produced a polished performance with a season\u2019s best score to top the short program at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sport-events\/2026-isu-figure-skating-four-continents-championships-beijing\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ISU Four Continents Championships<\/a> in Beijing on Saturday (24 January).<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old led a Japanese 1-2-3 on the podium, raising his chances of reclaiming his Four Continents crown from 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Miura would take some confidence from his performance just two weeks from securing a spot for his Winter Olympics debut in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milano Cortina 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former world junior champion was in fine fettle, starting his program with a stunning quadruple Salchow-triple toe loop\u00a0jump combination. His opening jump would set the tone for a well-executed routine, earning a top score of 98.59 points.<\/p>\n<p>Miura edged compatriot Tomono Kazuki (97.19) into second place with Yamamoto Sota (94.68) rounding out the Japanese podium.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion and world silver medallist\u00a0Mikhail Shaidorov\u00a0of Kazakhstan finished in fourth place after his hand brushed the ice after landing a triple\u00a0axel. Shaidorov\u00a0will be looking to bounce back in Sunday\u2019s free skating program after scoring 90.55 in the short program.<\/p>\n<p>As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes&#8217; participation at the Milano Cortina Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Milano Cortina 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miura Kao produced a polished performance with a season\u2019s best score to top the short program at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-255205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}