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11/21 11:52 CST Glenn and Siao lead short programs at figure skating Finlandia
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Glenn and Siao lead short programs at figure skating Finlandia Trophy
HELSINKI (AP) --- United States champion Amber Glenn took another step forward
ahead of the Olympics by taking the lead in the short program in Finlandia
Trophy figure skating on Friday.
Skating to Madonna's "Like a Prayer," Glenn started with a triple axel on her
way to a season-best score of 75.72 points to lead ahead of Saturday's free
skate. It was an improvement on her last Grand Prix at the Cup of China last
month, when she placed third in the short program before surging back to win
overall.
Japan's Mone Chiba, last season's world championship bronze medalist, was
second on 72.89 and Canada's Madeline Schizas third on 65.16.
Adam Siao Him Fa of France landed two high-scoring quadruple jumps and took the
lead in the men's short program with a 92.50 score, while Olympic silver
medalist Yuma Kagiyama had a heavy fall.
Siao is off to a better start than his last competition, his home Grand Prix de
France, where he was fifth in the short program and recovered to finish second
overall, though 40 points behind winner Ilia Malinin.
Canada's Stephen Gogolev, chasing a first career Grand Prix medal, was second
on 89.35 and Japan's Kagiyama third on 88.16 after a fall on a quad salchow
left him sprawled across the ice early in his program.
The top four pairs were separated by just .27 of a point as Germany's Minerva
Hase and Nikita Volodin lead on 70.40 after an exceptionally close short
program.
Americans Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea were second on 70.24, another U.S. pair of
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov third on 70.19 and Canada's Lia Pereira and
Trent Michaud fourth on 70.13.
The ice dance begins later Friday.
The Finlandia Trophy is the last of six Grand Prix events where skaters can
qualify for next month's finals, a key competitive test for would-be medal
contenders ahead of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February.
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