🇯🇵 Higuchi Wakaba's full Free Program to 'The Lion King' 🦁

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Are you looking for some more Music Monday content from Beijing 2022? We bring you Higuchi Wakaba's full Short Program to 'The Lion King'! Enjoy!
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[@yeasashikder3704]

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[@sybil1608]

please upload Yuzuru Hanyu's gala haru yo koi separately, thank you!

[@analauragiacco444]

a mi me gusta ecuestre el baile individual de caballos en tokio 2020 full LENGHT sin comentarios

[@lxwis1361]

3:42 The best stsq of the entire ladies event. Honestly, Wakaba and Kaori were shining lights in what can only be described as a tragic event.

[@troyaturner1979]

The best SP of the entire event to be fair.

[@Snowfang00andco]

100% agree. These two brought me to tears with their programs

[@saraoverkamping8143]

Japanese and Russians have it both very hard with their excessive training schedules. But somehow through all the pressure from the trainers and their whole nations the japanese ladies are much better in portraying the pure joy and passion that naturally lays in their art than the russians.

[@Snowfang00andco]

@@saraoverkamping8143 In Japan, figure skating is seen as an art. So skaters are more artistic and precise with their techniques. In Russia they focus on raw power and being perfect no matter what. Because everything you do is for your country.

[@veronicalarr7681]

best free program that night imo. the step sequence doesn't even feel like a step sequence, she's fully immersed in the character she set for that program and i adore it.

[@Snowfang00andco]

You can see her smiling towards the end of her program because she knew she had it at the time.

[@Eska_flop7]

Kamila’s sequence is bette but she is at second

[@another5669]

No ​@@Eska_flop7

[@danielaamgc3184]

@@Eska_flop7😹😹😹😹😹😹😹

[@Eska_flop7]

@@danielaamgc3184 bye posey🥰💅🏿

[@monde9570]

Wakaba is robbed. She deserved to win the short program or be second to Kaori. The only clean triple axel of the day! And she was paid dust. She is amazing and I can't wait to see her new programs for the coming seasons

[@alexander_shadyuk]

Figure skating is not only triple axels

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

If only she wasn't blacklisted by the JSF :/

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

@@alexander_shadyuk although true, wasn't it an argument in Russia that Sasha deserved gold because of her quads?

[@monde9570]

@@hannibaljustincase9985 I just don't understand their logic. They were so hesitant to support any of their female skaters fully. Now the support Kaori but before that she was also paid dust. In the past they supported Yuzu and Shoma and now Yuma. Why can't they do the same for the rest

[@monde9570]

@@alexander_shadyuk Yeah, but everyone screamed the russian girls are so amazing because they have quads or triple axels. But when someone else lands it, it becomes irrelevant, like here Wakaba whose score with a clean triple axel was lower than her team score with a double axel

[@sarikachahal6188]

Lion King wasn't her short, it was her free skate!

[@natashasantosh661]

one day wakaba will be scored what she deserves and i am WAITING to see it

[@laderfg5752]

Only after dnf russian girls

[@KolkhozWoman]

one of the best free programs in history of olympics

[@ariannabinaghi5222]

Every single time I rewatch this program I find myself crying smiling at the step sequence. Wakaba was phenomenal at the Olympics.

[@kimchanel4463]

The best programs of the 2021-2022 season without question.

[@laderfg5752]

If we talking about all world season...No. More grace was perfomance by russian girls. If we talking about Japanese figure skating season, yeah why not?

[@pooppoopie4838]

i much preferred alysa lius and kaori sakamotos programs!

[@V.A.T.]

Плакала над ее программой, постановка великолепна, и Вакаба катала с полной отдачей, эти шаги не похожи ни на какие другие, новаторство в фигурном катании

[@sarahcorbo3659]

These judges really did her dirty. She should've at least placed higher than Valieva. She landed TWO triple axels, for crying out loud.

[@jennifer5512]

Deserved a medal

[@laderfg5752]

No

[@siurek]

@@laderfg5752 yes

[@nicolet376]

That's her FREE SKATE

[@fionan7311]

Wakaba is still waiting to receive her Olympic 🥈 medal! Also I wish that her fed backed her more, it's not just Kaori and Rino with great skating skills

[@zb6070]

I don't blame the fed as much as I blame ism judges and racial bias. its more to do that jsf has no political capita and ism judges seem to have a strong racial bias against asian skaters from asian federations. to succeed, you either need a western coach or be so beyond everyone else that they cannot ignore you (yuzu, shoma, yuma, sui/han). unfortunately, wakaba wasn't as consistent so jsf chose kauri to support bc they don't have power to support 2 females

[@amandadean5470]

The only woman to land 2 clean 3A at the Beijing Olympics!! Her free skate has been absolutely amazing all year!! 💗🇯🇵⛸🦁👑 I only wished that her score was higher! She only had one little error (falling on the second part of the 3Lz+3T combo) and everything else was gorgeous!! 😍

[@usaskjock]

I was always really a palled with the scores that were being given to the Korean skaters in particular as well as the two second and third plays Japanese scooters. Mosquitoes so well but we’re just not getting rewarded in the technical or the program components marks. I don’t actually think the Russians were over scored personally but the Koreans in Japanese were definitely underscored. Particularly insane that skater who scored less with a clean triple axel in her short then when she just had a double axle in the team program

[@cheshire2]

Kamila land 2 clean triple axel's in team event 😮‍💨

[@nsjsnsjdjdd7757]

@@cheshire2 And she did dopping. HOW SHAME!!

[@jamesyu5212]

@@cheshire2 while on drugs

[@laderfg5752]

@@nsjsnsjdjdd7757 You look very funny, why is it so difficult to recognize Camila's superiority? She's 15, what kind of doping are we talking about? Admit it, Russian girls are head and shoulders above other opponents. The highest skill and grace. It's about Russian girls.

[@kk-zo7et]

リアルタイムで観て、後半のステップから曲も盛り上がって涙が止まりませんでした。新葉ちゃんのライオンキング大好きなので、いつか生で観てみたいです🦁

[@lxwis1361]

Wakaba, the olympic bronze medallist of this event. With her compatriot, Kaori Sakamoto taking gold! Beautiful perfomance.🥉

[@mavisushka]

Alexandra deserve silver and Anna deserve gold. Kaori deserve bronze. And wakaba deserve being podium at short programm not free. So dont forget russian skaters

[@laderfg5752]

@@mavisushka Are you from Russia?

[@mavisushka]

@@laderfg5752 no im from turkey.

[@laderfg5752]

@@mavisushka Oh, it is very rare to see people who aren't hating russians super trio.. Thk for you very much!!!

[@mavisushka]

@@laderfg5752 oh u are welcome! Russians girls are superior and without them skate is not feel like skate i love them but my fav is always jumping machine trusova 😅

[@annelu698]

This woman needs justice. The judges can turn a blind eye to the atrocious technical flaws in others’ performances but come down with Thor’s hammer on hers? Come on. She outskates most of the ladies in skill and technique. Score more honestly, people.

[@casgiatina]

Her short program was gorgeous. This isn't it, but it's still beautiful. I could watch Wakaba skate all day.

[@JJ_yuna]

This is her free skate, her short program was “Your song”. And i must say her costume is soo pretty! 🥰😍

[@Snowfang00andco]

Sugoi Higuchi-Chan. Your program made my heart melt. Can't wait to see what you do next. Sending love from Australia.

[@pooppoopie4838]

aint no way. 😭

[@CrazyTiffany86]

The true leader after the short program

[@mavisushka]

@@lxwis1361 Anna deserve gold medal. And alexandra deserve silver.

[@almiranara]

@@mavisushka no

[@mavisushka]

@@almiranara yes go and cry only without russians she can be on podium

[@jenniepeach6764]

@@mavisushka neither should've of been on the podium

[@budgie0924]

わかばちゃんは海外ファンからの評価がこれだけ高いんだよーって、日本のニュースでも伝えられたらいいのにと思う 映画やミュージカルに出る大女優のようにその世界観に引き込む演技力

[@mikomura9821]

魂が揺さぶられる演技ですね、ショートもすごく良かったです。 フィギュアスケートの選手たちや本当のファンはよくわかっています。

[@mikomura9821]

リンク周りでは　ばっちょ　ばっちょの声援　盛り上がりがいつもすごいです。かつての　あっこ　あっこの声援を思い出します。きっと樋口選手も引退後は鈴木さんのように 振り付け等でフィギュア界で長く活躍されると思います。

[@diasciaaa]

i'm so proud of her 🧡 she really had amazing performances in beijing

[@genghis_connie]

She put every bit of her mind, body and soul in to this. That's art.

[@cristinaeickeifert1027]

Thank you for uploading her Free Skate! Wakaba is such a special skater

[@nickzamudio8894]

I don't even usually watch ice skating and I absolutely cried at this

[@LaureusSport]

What a performance! 🤩

[@pammi3011]

@olympics this is Wakaba's Free skate, not short! Both are lovely though!

[@LuceroGuadalupeRodriguezherrer]

The talent he has is too much, I love his presentations

[@dawncouzens659]

The true olympic gold medalist 🥇

[@chosenone6371]

in another universe

[@amaanb1923]

MY olympic silver medalist!

[@mavisushka]

Alexandra deserve silver

[@annabanana4549]

@@mavisushka wakaba should of easily topped the Russians in short program

[@goeticfolklore]

@@mavisushka wakaba is underscored af, even if she didn't podium we'd never know without an in-depth analysis of each element bc she was so heavily underscored whereas russian's got undeserving positive GOE's.

[@giulionatali311]

This program is gorgeus, super entertaining!!!

[@alvd4514]

I loveeee this program!!!!

[@queentaylor5986]

Omg the chills I got 😩❤️

[@ChristineTheHippie]

She was so undermarked!

[@firesandblues02]

Beautiful... Absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@Violet-xk5ud]

bring back the Vancouver 2010 judges!!

[@figulapt3784]

Only one who landed a clean 3A in individual events, both in short and long.

[@tooba1819]

Such an artistic program!

[@jamesaaronmanarang]

Love it!!

[@francisnguyen6349]

So nice to her!

[@jlanthony76]

Great program

[@RedShoes29]

Sis deserved to be placed above Kamila at the very least.

[@user-kt3pe8vl4k]

Неправда. 😢

[@Taekwondo691]

Nice video 👍

[@vf9322]

This is so pure! I just love her so much! Also, this dress... stunning ❤❤❤

[@hendranandradrone7064]

The lion king....the best ♥️

[@nathaliebiproud9718]

FINALLY!

[@emmarcus]

She was robbed! Deserved at least silver

[@nanamichichi8992]

Ça va bientôt faire un an et je me remets toujours pas de ce super programme , wakaba est une bonne interprète et patineuse , dommage qu'elle ne soit pas reconnu a sa juste valeur et ne soit pas noté correctement . Honte à l'isu qui détruisent des carrières comme ça au profil de leur chouchou .

[@user-zj1qq1cu1e]

Я думаю, что она получила от проката неимоверное удовольствие, пусть даже и без медали

[@user-xl4ub4kz2n]

I ❤️WAKABA🇯🇵

[@SweetSirenia]

I wish I could find the video of this at the 2021 Internationaux de France! The video got deleted on here. 😭

[@sokhnaa.2969]

MY silver medalist

[@user-ye8df9of4v]

3:42

[@Cherry-iq1xb]

The Lion King is the free skate though?

[@Olympics]

Good eye, thanks! Fixed 👍

[@Cherry-iq1xb]

@@Olympics thanks:))

[@nyarokato]

Wakaba deserved better 🧡✨

[@starvingartist3155]

underrated

[@boyswaqboyswaq9477]

Great

[@analauragiacco444]

el rey leon es mi musica favorita

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

WAKABAAAA!!!! SUPERB SKATER!!!

[@222jyui2]

ステップ→コレオの流れが涙無しで見れないよ

[@junliet2534]

Wonderful performance, but the Lion King was her free skate, not her short!

[@user-qz6ff2rq8k]

Kaori🥇 Higuchi🥈 Young🥉

[@aishahosman2465]

Lion king *free program

[@dj_alcatrazz]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ccproductions50ify]

My robbed queen 😭😭

[@theojsn]

How can this worth less PCS than Trusova

[@MGloria.]

Did she performed two times the same combination?

[@JEMTenor]

Lmao at Olympic channel cutting out the scores at the end of this and the short program video because even they know they’re bullshit 😭

[@aminaalicealic9769]

🕊️👏

[@user-aka27rt1v0t]

사실상 얘가 은메달이지..

[@troyaturner1979]

Wakaba was robbed due to sh**ty judging. She should've been in 1st after the SP, based on the fact that Valieva nor Trusova landed their triple axels & Shcherbakova didn't even attempt one. Plus, she had higher base value than Kaori (and I loved Kaoris SP here).

[@Plaspos]

The short program judging at the Olympics was the worst judging I’ve seen in the sport since Sochi 2014. At least the skaters in the free skate made it easy for the judges to choose the correct ranking. But the short program ranking was so wrong

[@troyaturner1979]

@@Plaspos it sure was & there was a LOT of unfair judging, like what they did with Gubanova

[@pooppoopie4838]

gave the russians the lead!

[@user-sx8xg2gn1x]

It feels like you don't even know what 4 jumps are. 😬

[@troyaturner1979]

@@user-sx8xg2gn1x we understand just fine. What we don't understand or agree with is the judging. Kamila had a step-out on her triple axel, Anna didn't attempt one & Trusova fell on hers but managed to place 4th (even though a Japanese skater with identical jump content fell on her 3A & placed 15th. Figure that out!). And that's not counting the overall performance & Wakaba had the performance of the evening that day, hands down.

[@nightbot1376]

she got robbed at sp☹️☹️

[@lxwis1361]

Literally. Wakaba scored 73.51 whilst Sasha scored 74 points and was above her in PCS. Meanwhile, Sasha’s PCS were shown in an ISU demonstration with skaters scoring 3-4 in PCS. And Wakaba got beat by Kami who stepped out on her 3A. Wakaba was robbed.

[@mavisushka]

@@lxwis1361 in sp she robbed yes. But wakaba doesnt deserve be in podium after free. Sasha land 5 ultra-c elements. Wakaba is only one. Sasha deserve her silver. Maybe if Anna shcherbekova is not overscored she can win gold. And kaori deserve bronze.

[@lxwis1361]

@@mavisushka yes sasha landed 5 quads but one was with q, one had a stepout and one had a !. technically, i agree sasha got scored correctly but artistically sasha scored 70 pcs for a program with barely any transitions, poor ss, poor interpretation, poor performance, meanwhile wakaba scored 69.. sasha should have sckred 55 in pcs after that

[@Plaspos]

@@lxwis1361 yes but even if she lost 15 points (and even another 4 points from the short program over scoring) sasha would still be in 2nd. I agree her scoring in both programs was terrible on the PCS side but her base value is just way too large to be anything less than silver. Plus Kaori although she had great performances also got some generous calls on her lutz in both programs so in reality she should lose 4-6 points too and be closer to 227

[@Plaspos]

@@mavisushka both Anna and sasha were pretty overscored, sasha on PCS a lot and Anna on GOE and also somewhat on PCS although not as much as Sasha. Still both deserved their medals because Kaori had no hard jumps and was also overscored on her lutzes even more than Anna.

[@Beauchwampi]

free program *

[@dr.sagarguru9356]

Hare Krishna 😊

[@wehatestupidpolitics1240]

1994 Lion King is so many times better than 2019 Lion King. The 2019 remake completely ruined all the nostalgia of the original movie.

[@oszivlogs2560]

Alexandra Trusova’s fs?

[@alikeshani9646]

🇮🇷💚❤🤝🇯🇵

[@renavogel7114]

Es wirkt alles sehr lustlos, lieblos. Das Lächeln und den guten Ausdruck von unserer Kati wird es nie mehr geben!

[@papasou8932]

1

[@sussyspeecer8994]

I would say Russia is still the ruler of freestyle skating

[@zahrahek7896]

Actually, it's been a better time since they've been banned. No more cheating and doping🙂

[@jordansparks6113]

Doesn’t matter they cheat with drugs and Doping and don’t get called for falling on jumps, pre rotation and bad Edges. You’re are wacked and crazy. Japanese skaters should have won gold and silver. Russians cheats, others skate. Taking drugs to win is not ok. You have no substance. You believe lies Putin tells you. You are as much a disgrace as he is.

[@hayley4349]

she was robbed

[@wndlrms1420]

So robbed... she deserved a medal 100%. Shame on you isu

[@Brian-nz5xh]

Actually there have been many cases Wakaba was robbed. By Zagitova in 2017 and again by Russian skaters in 2022.

[@user-kt3pe8vl4k]

Прекрасное катание! 🎉все вот говорят, "бедная и несчастная Камила Валиева"! 😢мне тоже её жаль, но Вакаба, разве не молодец?! Японка прекрасна! А Камила? Давайте люди дадим Каори золото и отберём его у Ани, Вакабе и серебро и бронзу! Давайте быть обьяктивны , не Аня, не Саша, не Камила недостойны золота, лайкаем те кто со мной согласны! ❤😊

[@user-kt3pe8vl4k]

Выступила хорошо, но медали как не крути как не верти всё равно совершенно недостойна.

[@Audreyq]

Kamila dan daha çok hak ettiği kesin boş yorum atma

[@user-kt3pe8vl4k]

​@@Audreyqя написала в том комментарие, своё личное мнение! Хватит обесценивать мой комментарий! И российских фигуристок. Которых так мощно обесценили, особенно Камилку. Коза драная ваша Вакаба, Каори молодец, как и Анечка с Сашкой выдали максимум. ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@user-pk5uw9px3k]

Rossia ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ro

[@mavisushka]

@풍선 shut up.

[@mavisushka]

@풍선 other athletes cant do quads even with doping so shut up

[@traviis_04]

🔥🔥🔥