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Paris, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press) Japan s Shunhei Fuchiyama won the fifth prize at this year s Prix de Lausanne, a prestigious international competition for young ballet dancers, on Saturday.
The final selection of the 49th annual competition was held in a video format for the first time due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
A total of 78 ballet dancers from 20 countries advanced to the main round of this year s competition and 20 of them from 11 nations reached the final selection. This year s top prize winner was Antonio Casalinho, 17, of Portugal.
Besides Fuchiyama, 18, from the city of Saitama in eastern Japan, two Japanese dancers were among the finalists; Airi Kobayashi, 15, and Koharu Yamamoto, 16.