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Malinin Second in Grand Prix Final
Yuma Kagiyama set a personal-best with 108.77 points leading men; Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara topped pairs with 77.32 in a closely contested event.
- On Thursday, Yuma Kagiyama rewrote his personal best to top the men's short program in Nagoya while Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara led the pairs with 77.32 points.
- The Grand Prix Final features the top six entries in each discipline, concentrating pressure on short programmes on Thursday that set skaters up for Saturday's free skate.
- Kagiyama scored 108.77 after a flawless short with two quadruple jumps, while compatriot Shun Sato had 98.06 and Ilia Malinin scored 94.05 after landing quads 'on the quarters' heading into Saturday's free skate.
- With an overall score of 225.21, Miura and Kihara won the pairs title, and Kihara said `I think it gives us a lot of confidence being on the podium in the last big international competition before the Olympics`.
- Pairs short was tightly packed—Miura/Kihara 77.32 versus Conti/Macii 77.22, with all six pairs exceeding 71, so Saturday's free skate will determine medals.
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The Figure Skating GP Finals will take place this weekend in Nagoya, Japan. Yuma Kagiyama will lead after the men's individual short program.
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Yuma Kagiyama took a big lead after the short programme of the Grand Prix Final this Thursday in Nagoya.
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