Overview
- At Skate Canada’s men’s short program, Kazuki Tomono posted a season-best 92.07 to sit second as Kao Miura placed fourth with 89.80.
- Mone Chiba leads the women’s short program on 72.29, with Ami Nakai fourth after a triple Axel fall at 66.55 and Yuna Aoki sixth on 64.58.
- Tokyo Olympic champion Akira Sone captured the Kodokan Cup women’s +78kg title, defeating world champion Wakaba Tomita by three shidos in her first event since Paris.
- Former national champion Rika Kihira debuted in ice dance with Shingo Nishiyama and ranked second in the rhythm dance on 59.61 at the Western Japan championship.
- Ayaka Furue fired a 67 to reach 13-under 203 and hold fourth after three rounds at the LPGA’s Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur.