free skating

British

noun

either the short programme of specified movements or the long programme chosen by a skater in a figure-skating competition

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Sakamoto is just 1.48 points behind her younger teammate ahead of Thursday's free skating programme, while US world champion Alysa Liu also has eyes on the main prize.

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Sakamoto headlined both the short and free skate sections in the team event, and now enters the individual fray, with the short programme on Tuesday and the free skating final on Thursday.

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Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov surged from fifth after Tuesday's short programme to claim a surprise gold after the free skating final in the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

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Malinin had been bidding for a second gold after helping the USA retain their team title, having competed in both the short programme and the free skating in that event.

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A third backflip in three days saw Malinin seize the lead going into the free skating final as he bids for a second gold in his debut Games having already sealed the team title with the United States.

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