The numbers came back to bite
Nobunari Oda in the Men's freeskate. He was penalized by the judges for too many triple jumps, meaning that his final combination (3S,2T,2Lo) counted for nothing. He would have been the winner by several points but had to settle for silver behind his countryman
Daisuke Takahashi. American
Armin Mahbanoozadeh was a surprise bronze medallist with a clean programme, capitalizing on the fact that
Adam Rippon had big problems with his jumps. Rippon dropped to 7th in the freeskate and 4th overall.
In the Pairs event 2 young teams likely wrapped themselves up a place at the Grand Prix Final. Canada's
Kirsten Moore-Towers & Dylan Moscovich earned earned their second silver and China's
Wenjing Sui & Cong Han earned bronze, meaning they could become the first pair to compete at both the senior and junior grand prix final in the same season.
Savchenko and Szolkowy took gold easily but their new
Pink Panther programme is no match for last season's
Out of Africa freeskate.
The Ice Dance competition is close after the short dance.
Meryl Davis & Charlie White lead with 63.62 despite an error from White on their opening twizzles. "I was trying to break light speed; physics got in the way," he said after. Close behind them are the two canadian pairs
Crone & Poirier (60.41) and
Weaver & Poje (59.48).
Maia & Alex Shibutani are not out of the medal race, currently in 4th with 56.46.
Carolina Kostner leads the ladies, showing that consistency makes the difference. "Mini-Mao"
Kanako Murakami is in second after singling her axel. Sweden's
Joshi Helgesson skated her socks off to place third. America's best placement was
Rachael Flatt, who is suffering a minor injury to her foot. She missed her combination here but is currently in 4th, still in reach of a medal and the Grand Prix Final. See the full results
here.
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