2018 Japan Open, CS Finlandia Trophy, & JGP Slovenia: Info & Streaming
We’re in for a crazy week ahead with three major international competitions, including Japan Open and the sixth events of both the Challenger Series and the Junior Grand Prix! Japan’s Kinki Regionals (featuring the return of Daisuke Takahashi to competition, as well as several other top Japanese skaters) will also take place this weekend from Oct. 6-8; please see this post for broadcast and other information.
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JAPAN OPEN & CARNIVAL ON ICE
Japan Open is an invitational team competition where skaters are grouped into Team Japan, Team Europe, and Team North America. Each team is composed of two ladies and two men. Retired skaters can also be invited. Skaters perform only their free skates, and the team with the highest total score wins. The Japan Open gala is called Carnival on Ice and features skaters who did not participate in the competition, in addition to the ones who did.
When: Oct. 6 Where: Saitama, Japan Level & disciplines: senior men & ladies How to watch: Delayed broadcast on TV Tokyo; videos will probably be uploaded to Youtube afterwards. Stream
Schedule (JST, UTC+9) Japan Open: Oct. 6 at 12:30. Broadcast: Oct. 6 at 18:30 Carnival on Ice: Oct. 6 at 18:30. Broadcast: Oct. 8 at 12:00
Team Japan: Shoma Uno, Nobunari Oda, Satoko Miyahara, Kaori Sakamoto Team Europe: Javier Fernandez, Deniss Vasiljevs, Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova Team North America: Nathan Chen, Jeremy Abbott, Mariah Bell, Bradie Tennell