SHANGHAI, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Mone Chiba, the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalist, won the women's title after the free skate at the ISU Four Continents Championships in Shanghai here on Friday.

The Japanese national silver medalist, who led the short program on Thursday with a season's best 71.10 points, scored 143.88 in the free skate and combined 214.98 to take the gold.

Dancing to the Legend of 1900 by Ennio Morricone, she landed a triple flip triple toeloop, a double Axel, a triple salchow and a triple loop as well as level-four spins and footwork.

"I finished first in the short program yesterday, so I came on the rink last today in the free skate," said Chiba. "I was very nervous but I tried my best to finish my performance. I am happy to have a complete program."

South Korea's Kim Chae-yeon took the silver with a total of 204.68, while Japan's Rinka Watanabe finished third with 202.17.

"The earlier part of my performance went very well, but there was a mistake at the end, which was a bit regrettable. It might have been due to some nerves. I hope I can have a clean program at the world championships," said Kim.

China's Chen Hongyi ranked 13th with 153.96, while Zhu Yi was 16th and Cheng Jiaying 18th.

"I haven't had systematic training recently, so I'm quite satisfied with my performance. I will try to make improvement and try to avoid the flaws in the upcoming competitions," said Chen.

In the rhythm dance, two-time world bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada took the lead with 85.49 points. They collected a level four for the twizzles and the rotational lift while the midline step sequence garnered a level three and the Pattern Dance step sequence a level two.

Their teammates Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen were 3.47 points behind, while Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States were third with 77.47. Enditem

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