Kazakhstani figure skater Mikhail Shaidorov completed his performance at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix stage in Shenzhen, China. On Sunday the reigning Olympic champion presented his free program, infohub.kz reports.
In the free skate Shaidorov made errors on a quadruple toe loop and a quadruple Lutz, as well as on a sequence of quadruple toe loop and Salchow through an Euler. He cleanly landed a quadruple flip, a triple Lutz–triple toe loop combination and a triple Axel.
The Kazakh skater received 168.62 points for his free program. With a total of 263.49 points he finished fifth.
Japan's Kao Miura won in Shenzhen (293.25). Russians Vladislav Dikidzhi (282.44) and Evgeni Semenenko (281.62), competing in neutral status, took silver and bronze. Another Japanese skater, Shun Sato (277.20), finished fourth.
At the previous Grand Prix stage in the French city of Angers, Shaidorov placed tenth. He failed to qualify for the series final, which features the six best results.
In the women's singles competition in Shenzhen, Japan's Mone Chiba won (224.48). Russia's Alexandra Ignatova (221.27), also known under the surname Trusova, took silver. Lee Hae-in of South Korea claimed bronze (210.79).
In ice dance, Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (194.93) won the title. Georgians Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (193.54) finished second, and Spain's Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck (178.30) completed the podium.
In pairs, Russians Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov (209.84) took victory. Georgians Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava (198.27) won silver. Japan's Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi (181.50) claimed bronze.