MILAN ¨C US figure skating star Ilia Malinin was upstaged on his Olympic debut on Saturday as Japan¡¯s Yuma Kagiyama led the men¡¯s short program in the team event to keep the pressure on defending champion the United States.
The 21-year-old Malinin, a two-time world champion, was below his best in his medley from ¡°The Lost Crown¡± video game, scoring 10.67 points less than Kagiyama, the Olympic individual silver medallist from Beijing 2022.
¡°I¡¯m pretty happy with what I did because that¡¯s only 50 percent of my full potential,¡± said Malinin.
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