Overview
- Madison Chock and Evan Bates scored 220.42 for a third straight ice dance title, finishing ahead of France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron on 214.25, with Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson third at 208.81.
- Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara secured the pairs crown with 225.21 over Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii on 223.28, as Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin won the free skate to place third at 221.25.
- Yuma Kagiyama leads the men after a personal-best 108.77 in the short program, with Shun Sato at 98.06 and Ilia Malinin at 94.05 after a missed quadruple axel.
- Malinin called the quad axel a first-time season trial and said his free skate jump layout could vary based on how he feels on competition day.
- Mone Chiba heads the women’s short with 77.27, world champion Alysa Liu sits second on 75.79, and errors left Kaori Sakamoto fifth and Amber Glenn sixth as the singles titles finish on Saturday.