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Figure Skating-Malinin Leads Skate America Short Program in Season Debut
The American world champion scored 96.74 points to stay ahead of Sota Yamamoto and Donovan Carrillo heading into the free skate.
- On Friday, American Ilia Malinin led the men's short program at Skate America in Everett, Washington, scoring 96.74 points despite a minor error on his quadruple Lutz.
- Malinin enters the new campaign looking to move on from a 2025-26 season where he finished eighth at the Winter Olympics, having rebounded in Prague to secure his third successive world title.
- Japan's Sota Yamamoto placed second with 91.29 points, trailing by 5.45 points. "I was able to perform calmly and confidently," the 26-year-old Yamamoto said, while Mexico's Donovan Carrillo sat third with 86.49 points.
- Following Skate America, Malinin will compete at the NHK Trophy to qualify for December's Grand Prix Final, an event he has won in each of the last three seasons.
- Saturday's schedule features the men's free skate and women's short program, when Ami Nakai, bronze medalist at this year's Milan Cortina Olympics, seeks her second straight Grand Prix victory after winning last month's event in France.
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The American Ilia Malinin made his return to the competition on Friday, with a new short program that allowed him to take the lead in the Grand Prix...
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Mexican Donovan Carrillo was placed in third place after the short show at the Grand Prix Skate America, which takes place in Everett, Washington, with a score of 86.49 points, which allowed him to place himself in a position to fight a medal in the free program this Saturday.
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cedarnews.netThe fourth stage of the Grand Prix of figure skating has begun in the United States, where men and pairs have already performed their short programs.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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