Overview
- Yuma Kagiyama scored a personal-best 108.77 to lead the Grand Prix Final men’s short in Nagoya, with Shun Sato second on 98.06 and world champion Ilia Malinin third on 94.05.
- Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took the pairs short program with 77.32 in a tightly contested field; the pairs free skate is scheduled for December 5.
- Junior standout Mao Shimada led the junior women’s short program and was the only skater to break into the 70-point range.
- At The Snow League halfpipe in Zhangjiakou, Ayumu Hirano qualified first with 96.00, as Yuto Totsuka, Ruka Hirano, Ryusei Yamada and Shuichiro Shigeno also advanced to the final bracket.
- Sara Shimizu withdrew from the women’s halfpipe with a right-shoulder injury, and the event’s final tournament is set for December 5.