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Canada finishes fifth in team figure skating event
Canada scored 54 points but fell to fifth place due to falls and last-place finishes in key segments, while Team USA won gold with 69 points.
- On Sunday, Team USA beat Japan to capture back-to-back Olympic team golds after three days at the Milano Skating Arena.
- Ilia Malinin's men's free skate earned 200.03 points, delivering the U.S. the maximum 10 points as the gold fight hinged on his head-to-head with Shun Sato.
- Reigning world champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara scored a season-best 155.55 to win pairs, while Canadian pairs skaters Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud posted a 134.42 season-best in the pairs free program.
- The podium places saw Italy take bronze, its first team-event medal since 2018, while Canada finished fifth and missed the podium on Sunday.
- Figure skating at the Olympics rolls on Monday with the start of the ice dance competition, the men's singles event runs Feb. 10–Feb. 13, and the women's singles opens Feb. 17.
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