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Japanese Skater Tomono Debuts New Routine for Next Winter Olympics

YOKOHAMA, Apr 28 (News On Japan) - Kazuki Tomono of Daiichi Juken Group performed his new short program for the upcoming season targeting the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics during the Prince Ice World show held in Yokohama on April 26th.

Set to lively music, Tomono incorporated creative elements such as a one-handed cartwheel into his routine. He expressed his ambitions, saying, "This program is packed with my appeal. I want to skate it in a way that makes it one of my signature works."

Source: Kyodo

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