Overview
- Ilia Malinin made his Olympic debut for Team USA in the men’s short program and scored 98.00 for second place.
- Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama won the segment with 108.67, landing a quad toe–triple toe, a quad salchow and a crisp triple axel.
- After the men’s short program, the United States remained in front with Japan one point back, with Italy, Canada and Georgia rounding out the five teams advancing.
- Malinin had planned a quad axel but executed a shaky triple on that element, still securing valuable points for the U.S.
- The second half of the team event opened with the free dance, with U.S. world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates returning to the ice.