また、ICE NETWORK.comの記事の中の織田選手のコメントで
"The ladies and men's single skaters have to take the lead, especially myself as Kozuka is injured. Our ladies did very well and it was a very nice start for us today", team captain Oda said.
〜as Kozuka is injured. (小塚選手が負傷しているので)〜とあるので、やはり調子は良くなかったのでしょう。