Figure Skating - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - NHK Trophy - Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan - November 13, 2021 Japan's Shoma Uno poses as he celebrates winning the gold medal for the men's competition with second placed Vincent Zhou of the U.S. and third placed South Korea's Cha Jun-hwan REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hometown favourite Shoma Uno of Japan turned the tables on American Vincent Zhou with a victory at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition on Saturday but said there was plenty of work left ahead of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics.
In a Grand Prix event that was missing twice Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu https://www.reuters.com/article/figureskating-hanyu-idCNL4N2RW0VI with an ankle injury, Uno outskated second-placed Zhou by nearly 30 points, topping the podium with a personal best 290.15 points.
