Figure skating: U.S. leads Japan after Day 1 of World Team Trophy

Malinin, Liu help U.S .take early lead at skating's World Team Trophy

U.S. world figure skating champions Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu dazzled again to help their country take a commanding lead after Thursday's opening day of the season-ending World Team Trophy. Malinin, who won his second world title last month in Boston, topped the men's short program in Tokyo with a…

Figure skating: U.S. leads Japan after Day 1 of World Team Trophy

Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu top their respective short program standings as the United States took the lead after the opening day of the three-day World Team Trophy figure skating competition.

Team USA in Commanding Lead After Day One of World Team Trophy - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Team USA carried the momentum over from a highly successful ISU World Figure Skating Championships to the ISU World Team Trophy 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday.

The World Team Trophy for figure skating opened at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on the 17th, and in the men's short program (SP), Yuma Kagiyama (Oriental Bio, Chukyo University) placed fourth and Shun Sato (Aim Service, Meiji University) placed fifth.