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US figure skater Ilia Malinin lands quad axel to take lead at Grand Prix Finals in Beijing
Read full article: US figure skater Ilia Malinin lands quad axel to take lead at Grand Prix Finals in BeijingIlia Malinin has landed a quadruple axel jump on his way to taking the short-program lead at the figure skating Grand Prix Finals in Beijing.
Skaters Kostornaia, Chen win at Internationaux de France
Read full article: Skaters Kostornaia, Chen win at Internationaux de FranceUS' Nathan Chen competes in the Men Free Skating during the ISU figure skating France's Trophy, in Grenoble, French Alps, France, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)GRENOBLE Alena Kostornaia left no doubt there's a new era in women's figure skating by a convincing win over Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova at the Internationaux de France, while Nathan Chen won the men's event on Saturday. The trio has swept the first three Grand Prix events after Anna Shcherbakova took gold at Skate America and Alexandra Trusova won Skate Canada. Russian Alexander Samarin took second, a full 32 points behind Chen on 265.10, and France's Kevin Aymoz claimed his first Grand Prix medal with bronze on 254.64. A strong free skate lifted them slightly above fellow Russians Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin on 206.56.