What has Rika been up to while staying at home?
RIKA KIHIRA is a figure skater from Japan. She is the 2019 Japan National Champion, a two-time Four Continents Champion (2019-2020), and the 2018 Grand Prix Final Champion. She is the first woman to land 3A3T in international competition and the first woman to land 8 fully rotated triples in the free program. She is coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura.
This feature is from NHK Hot Sports News broadcast on 29 March 2020. Bonus practice footage is from Rika’s Instagram account (@rikaskate0721). Japan lifted the state of emergency in Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo on March 22, 2020 after several days of low to zero cases.
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