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Figure Skating: Chiba, Miura Lead After Short Programs at Cup of China
Mone Chiba scored 76.08 points to edge Anastasiia Gubanova, while Alexandra Ignatova returned to the Grand Prix as a neutral athlete.
- On Friday, Mone Chiba topped the women's short program at the Cup of China in Shenzhen with 76.08 points, leading the standings with her James Bond-themed program despite a minor double axel error.
- Russian Alexandra Ignatova made a long-awaited return to the Grand Prix Series as an Individual Neutral Athlete, placing third with 72.37 points in her biggest international event since the 2022 Winter Olympics.
- Japan's Kao Miura holds a narrow lead in the men's event with 102.90 points, followed closely by Shun Sato at 101.97 after landing his quad lutz and quad-triple toe loop combination.
- "I was focusing on getting all the jumps right to avoid falling behind in the short program," Miura said. Sato noted, " has been one of my targets for this season and I'm really happy."
- Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson lead ice dance with 80 points. Competition continues later Friday with the pairs event, where Olympic gold medalist Mikhail Shaidorov seeks to recover from a shaky season start.
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Figure skating: Chiba, Miura lead after short programs at Cup of China
Japan's Mone Chiba came top in the women's short program before Kao Miura also sat first with his performance in the men's event at the Cup of China on Friday, the third event of this season's figure skating Grand Prix Series.
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