Overview
- Kazuki Tomono posted a season-best 95.77 to lead the men's short program at Skate America in Lake Placid.
- Tatsuya Tsuboi was sixth in the short with 77.68 after a failed opening quadruple toe loop.
- The men's free skate is scheduled for Nov. 15 local time and will decide final placements and Grand Prix Final implications.
- Tomono qualifies for the Grand Prix Final if he wins the event, adding significance to his bid for a first Grand Prix title.
- Reigning world champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won pairs with 215.99 after a free-skate score of 141.57, clinching Final qualification with their second Grand Prix victory of the season.