Skate America began with the pairs and men's short programmes.
Former world champions
Savchenko and Szolkowy made a solid season debut. They didn't get quite the audience reaction they might have hoped to their new programme. They lead (perhaps on the weight of their reputation). Canadian pair
Moore-Towers & Moskovich were
surprised with their silver medal at Skate Canada but slipped into second again here. Home favourites
Denney & Barret sit in third and the young chinese
Sui & Han are currently in forth, not too far away from a medal and qualifying for the final.
In the Men's event both
Adam Rippon and
Daisuke Takahashi skated well but with some errors in their jumps.
Nobunari Oda was the last to skate and did so well with no jumping problems to leapfrog his rivals into first place, setting up a close battle in the free skate.
The competition continues today with the start of the Ladies and Dance events and medals handed out to the Pairs and Men. Follow live results
here (ISU) and live blogging from
Flutzing Around.
Also, on the other side of the World the Asian Games have started with a spectacular opening ceremony. I'll update on the gymnastics as results appear.
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