Cup of China 2026, the program's best Composition mark so far. Video on YouTube.
Elements
Cup of China 2026, free skate · 10 elements · 55.50 technical points- 13Tw2Triple twist lift5.40−0.235.17
- 23Lo+2A+SEQTriple loop + double Axel (sequence)8.20+0.778.97
- 33TTriple toe loop No. 5 of 19 this season4.20+0.784.98
- 43LoThThrow triple loop5.00−2.142.86
- 5ChPLi1Choreographic lift No. 1 of 24 this season4.50+1.866.36
- 6BoDs3Backward outside death spiral4.40+0.755.15
- 74Li4Group 4 lift5.10+1.606.70
- 83SThThrow triple Salchow4.40−0.633.77
- 95ALi3Axel lasso lift (group 5)6.60+1.518.11
- 10ChPSp1Choreographic pair spin, level 13.50−0.073.43
Points are the base value plus the GOE, the judges' mean grade of execution without the highest and lowest mark. Each square is one judge's grade, -5 to +5. ★ marks an execution among the season's five best of its kind, out of at least 10. ◆ marks an element at most three teams skate this season and worth at least the usual base value of its kind.
About the program
Benoit Richaud's free skate to Worakls' Hiba and Ryan Taubert's Lux and Rush carried Nagaoka and Moriguchi to their first Grand Prix medal as a team. Fourth after the short at Cup of China, they scored 118.44 in the free and finished on 181.50, 0.04 ahead of Akopova and Rakhmanin.
It was a scrappy skate. The twist was a shaky level 2, Nagaoka stepped out of the throw loop, and she two-footed the throw Salchow. The triple loop-double Axel and triple toes were clean.
Nagaoka broke her leg in a summer accident, and Moriguchi said they had a month and a half to two months to prepare. Fans on r/FigureSkating loved the trust between them and the Group 5 lift.
