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Story Script and Shot Log the INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Story Script and Shot log THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VIDEO NEWS RELEASE TO ALL NEWS AGENCIES, BROADCASTERS AND ALL ONLINE PLATFORMS FREE OF CHARGE ​ STORY HEADLINE: Figure Skating Gold for Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama in Men’s Single ​ Skating at Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne 2020 LOCATION: Lausanne Skating Arena, Lausanne, Switzerland ​ DATE: January 12th, 2020 ​ LANGUAGE: English, Japanese ​ Broadcast quality footage available at the IOC Newsroom: http://iocnewsroom.com ​ ​ STORY SCRIPT: Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama won the Men’s Figure Skating gold medal in the Lausanne Skating Arena thanks to a mesmerising performance in his free skating programme. It impressed the judges enough to allow the 16-year old from Kanagawa to overtake his two Russian rivals in their tight battle for gold. Afterwards, Kagiyama, who is coached by his dad, insisted his victory gave him the confidence to win at other tournaments including the Winter Olympics, Beijing 2022. Andrei Mozalev, the leader going into the free programme, had to settle for silver. His compatriot Daniil Samsanov won bronze. Kagiyama had been third after the short programme, and admitted nerves had got the better of him, but his brilliant free routine saw him overhaul a seven point deficit to claim gold. Lausanne 2020 is the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), bringing together the world’s best young athletes between the ages of 15 and 18. For the first time in Winter Olympic history the Games will have gender equality, with equal numbers of male and female competitors in the 81 medal events. ​ 1,872 athletes from 79 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will be in action in Lausanne, 12 of those NOCs for the first time at a Youth Olympic Games - Albania, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Haiti, Hong Kong (China), Kosovo, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Trinidad & Tobago.. As well as the brand new sport of Ski Mountaineering, Lausanne 2020 features five new events, Women’s Nordic Combined, Individual Normal Hill/4km, Women’s Doubles Luge, Ice Hockey Mixed NOC 3x3 Tournament, Freeski Big Air, Snowboard Big Air. Page 1/2 Château de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland | Tel +41 21 621 6111 | Fax +41 21 621 6356 | www.olympic.org Story script and Shot log The first Winter Youth Olympic Games took place in Innsbruck in 2012. The second edition was held in the Norwegian city of Lillehammer in 2016. SHOTLIST: 00:05 Various shots from Yuma Kagiyama’s Free Skating routine 00:51 Yuma Kagiyama’s reaction to his Youth Olympic Games Gold medal 01:06 SOUNDBITE: Yuma Kagiyama, Japan, Gold Medallist Men’s Single Skating ​ (Japanese Language). “I am very grateful to my family and my friends, I can do this sport because of them and I am grateful that they support me.” 01:16 Slow motion action of Yuma Kagiyama’s winning routine 01:23 SOUNDBITE: Yuma Kagiyama, Japan, Gold Medallist Men’s Single Skating ​ (Japanese Language). “The Youth Olympics means a lot to me and I’ve got a medal in the Olympic Games! It means so much and I will now do lots of training so that I can improve for next time!” 01:46 Shots from the Men’s Single Skating podium -- ENDS -- © IOC-VNRs are for bona fide news reporting purposes only and all rights required for their production have been cleared. Terms and Conditions of the IOC Newsroom and ​ Olympic.org apply. This IOC-VNR shall be used in accordance with the News Access Rules for Lausanne 2020 available here, in particular in respect to the Amount of YOG ​ ​ Content, Amount per News Programme, Airing after broadcast by RHBs only, Duration of Use, No use of Olympic Properties, No Commercial Association, On-screen Courtesy Credit (“Courtesy of The International Olympic Committee”), Infringements & Monitoring, etc. For more information, please contact the IOC Media Relations Team: Tel: +41 21 621 6000, email: [email protected], or visit our web site at www.olympic.org. ​ ​ ​ ​ Page 2/2 Château de Vidy, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland | Tel +41 21 621 6111 | Fax +41 21 621 6356 | www.olympic.org .
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