Could the world’s best figure skater *right now* be Shoma Uno, the 18-year-old from Japan?
Uno goes into this weekend’s Rostelecom Cup in Moscow perfect for the early season, following wins at the lower-level Lombardia Trophy in September and the free-skate-only Japan Open and Skate America in October.
Quite a bounce back for a skater who could have easily been shaken by a disappointing seventh-place finish at last season’s world championships.
Uno is 5-foot-2 and soft-spoken, but showed a resiliency in standing up again in his second full season as a senior skater. In fact, in his first event after worlds, at the Team Challenge Cup in April, he became the first skater to land a quadruple flip in competition.