Overview
- Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won pairs with 225.21 points, edging Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii by 1.93, as Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin topped the free skate to take third with 221.25.
- Mone Chiba posted a personal-best 77.27 to lead the women’s short program, with world champion Alysa Liu second at 75.79 and Japan’s Ami Nakai third at 73.91.
- Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto is fifth after an early mistake in the short program, and defending Grand Prix Final winner Amber Glenn is sixth.
- Yuma Kagiyama leads the men’s short with a season-best 108.77, Shun Sato is second at 98.06, and Ilia Malinin is third with 94.05 after an attempted quad axel.
- U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates lead the rhythm dance with 88.74, and the men’s, women’s and dance titles will be decided in Saturday’s free programs.