Overview
- The U.S. champion posted 214.78 to win after starting the day in third, overcoming neck pain and a shaky early jump in the free skate.
- World champion Alysa Liu placed second on 212.07 for her first Grand Prix podium, having reverted to last season’s short program due to an ongoing music-related investigation.
- Japan’s Rinka Watanabe finished third after leading Liu by 0.6 points following the short program but delivering only the fifth-best free skate.
- Japan’s Shun Sato defended his men’s title with 278.12 and three clean quads, ahead of Italy’s Daniel Grassl on 269.43 and Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov on 262.67.
- Madison Chock and Evan Bates won ice dance with 208.25 over U.S. teammates Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik; the pairs free skate follows after a short program led by Metelkina/Berulava ahead of Conti/Macii and returning Olympic champions Sui/Han in third.