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Entries, by discipline: http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00110994.htm

• Sota Yamamoto has been added to the Japanese contingent of men following the withdrawal of Yuzuru Hanyu due to injury. There are only 11 men in the field, including Nam Nguyen of Canada.
• There are currently only 10 women in the field, following the withdrawal of Rika Kihira, due to an ongoing injury. There are no Canadian women entered.
• There are only 7 pairs, including Evelyn Walsh & Trennt Michaud of Canada.
• There are 10 ice dance teams, including Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha of Canada

Time & Practice schedule: http://results.isu.org/schedules/2021NH ... hedule.pdf
(I believe that Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of EST)

The current schedule for the CBC Sports live stream from (all times ET): https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/wint ... /broadcast

Thu Nov 11

• 10:00 PM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan
• 10:30 PM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Pairs Short Program

Fri Nov 12

• 12:20 AM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
• 2:10 AM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Women's Short Program
• 5:40 AM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Men's Short Program
• 10:15 PM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan
• 10:20 PM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Pairs Free Program

Sat Nov 13

• 12:40 AM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Ice Dance Free Dance
• 2:40 AM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Women's Free Program
• 5:35 AM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Men's Free Short Program
• 11:30 PM Championship Figure Skating: Grand Prix of Japan - Gala

According to press reports from Russia, there has been another withdrawal from the Women's already reduced field - Alexandra Trusova, who is rehabilitating a stress fracture in her foot that impacted her skating at Skate America. She was not among the Russian skaters and coaches who left for Tokyo, signalling that she won't compete there.

There is still time for the Japanese Federation to name another Japanese skater to fill the spot left open by Rika Kihira. They have been having sectional competitions recently and may name someone now that they are finished.

Announced by USFS: https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/p ... nhk-trophy

Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker have withdrawn from NHK Trophy due to injury, U.S. Figure Skating announced Sunday. NHK Trophy, set for Nov. 11-14, 2021 in Tokyo, is the fourth stop of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.

Hawayek is recovering from a concussion sustained while training earlier this season. The tandem has three Grand Prix Series medals, including gold at 2018 NHK Trophy.

Best wishes to Kaitlin in her recovery

Updated list of Women to compete at the NHK Trophy - Mana Kawabe JPN has been added to bring the field back to 10.

The Skate Canada press release about the Canadian team heading to Tokyo: https://skatecanada.ca/2021/11/five-can ... hk-trophy/



As a bit of a warm-up, Nam competed his short program at the recent Ontario sectionals and he is reported to have skated it very well.

The ISU YouTube channel now has the links up for the individual events at NHK Trophy: https://www.youtube.com/c/SkatingISU

This is another of those competitions that will be happening overnight in the Eastern time zone. The good news, of course, is that the YouTube links remain available to watch later

For easy time zone conversion check this out:

The Schedule/Entries/Start Orders/Results link is now up: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/gpjpn2021/

Sadly, another young Russian woman is apparently now out of the skating for the rest of the season - Daria Usacheva has a serious ligament injury in her leg (involving her hip) that caused her to withdraw during the warm-up at NHK, after a fall. She was carried off the ice/out of the arena. According to an orthopedic surgeon, she is likely to be off the ice for a couple of months. There is some discussion about the fact that she may have had a previous injury that may have been exacerbated.



The official word is that Daria has a trochanteric avulsion fracture which is essentially, by definition, a hip fracture, which involves a ligament/muscle snapping away with a small part of the bone attached to it.

Mark Hanretty limbering up for another day's competition:

The Japanese Federation has removed the results from the page since the event is completed but there is the ability, at the top of the page, to open/download a full "protocol" on the event complete with medal podium photos: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/gpjpn2021/

The Skate Canada press release following completion of the event: https://t.co/QlpGlBNeLu?amp=1

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The champions at the end of the Gala




The program for the Gala (which can be watched on the ISU YouTube channel)