Japan's Koshiro Shimada sets goals for 2023-24
Koshiro Shimada Koshiro Shimada was the surprise silver medalist at the 2022-23 Japanese Figure Skating Championships, which secured him his first trip to an ISU championship. While he didn’t achieve […]
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Shimada was assigned two Grand Prix events for the 2023-24 season: Grand Prix de France and Grand Prix Espoo in Finland. However, his first event of the season will be the Challenger Series in Nebelhorn.
"One big, but also hard, objective is to win this event, a gold medal at the Challenger Series," he said. "I of course want to show my best possible performance at all competitions. My other goals are to win a Grand Prix medal, podium again at Nationals and make the World team. It's the main goal, I would say, and I want to meet there with Deniss!"
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