Overview
- Skate Canada champion Momone Chiba arrived in Helsinki and said she will focus and give everything as she targets another podium.
- NHK Trophy winner Yuma Kageyama seeks a second straight Grand Prix victory, with France’s Adam Siao Him Fa a key challenger and Sota Yamamoto managing a back concern.
- The women’s contest projects a tight race, with season-best totals led by Chiba (217.23), Rion Sumiyoshi (216.06), and Amber Glenn (214.78).
- Qualification paths are clear: podium finishes would send Chiba and Glenn through, while Sumiyoshi would clinch a berth with a victory.
- Japan’s pair Yuna Nagaoka and Sumishi Moriguchi enter after a 202.11 at NHK Trophy and could contend for their first Grand Prix podium; the compact event runs two days with no exhibition.