#WinterOlympics #FigureSkating . . .

After the Men's Short Program Ilia #Malanin has a 5 pt lead over his main competition Yuma #Kagiyama going into the Free Skate on Friday 2/13.

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/fsk/ss/m/singles-----------/fnl-/000100--/result

Malinin lost to Yagiyama in the Team Short Program but beat him in Team Free Skate. So, this was redemption of a sort but the main reason for the 5 pt difference was a mistake by Yagiama who fell out of a (for him) relatively easy Triple Axel. Otherwise, the scores would be much closer.

Nevertheless, with the potential 7 quad performance available to Malinin in the Free Skate, Malinin "should" win the Gold Medal in Men's Figure Skating as long as he performs relatively mistake free.

We'll see . . .

Titelverteidiger Kagiyama und Sakamoto bei den nationalen Meisterschaften nach dem Kurzprogramm vorne. #Eiskunstlauf #Japan #Sport #Wintersport #Kagiyama #Sakamoto

https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/sport/eiskunstlauf-titelverteidiger-kagiyama-und-sakamoto-bei-den-nationalen-meisterschaften-nach-dem-kurzprogramm-vorne-371158/