Overview
- Shaidorov scored 291.58 to win, with Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama taking silver and Shun Sato earning bronze.
- Pre-event favorite Ilia Malinin fell twice, skipped the quad axel, and finished eighth with 264.49 points.
- Malinin’s result ended a more than two-year unbeaten streak spanning about 14 full competitions, including two world titles.
- He had led the event by roughly five points after the short program and already owned a team-event gold from earlier in the Games.
- Five of the final six skaters fell in the free skate, and Shaidorov delivered the only clean program, securing Kazakhstan’s first Winter Olympic medal in 32 years.