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Mao Shimada leads Skate Canada short program with season-best score
Japan’s Mao Shimada led the women’s short program at Skate Canada in Kelowna, Canada, with 82.11 points.
The 18-year-old made her Grand Prix series debut after competing in junior events for four seasons.
Her score was a personal best and the highest women’s short-program score this season, 3.61 points ahead of American Isabeau Levito.
Shimada landed a triple Axel, a triple flip and a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, with no major mistakes reported.
She had gone unbeaten in 39 junior competitions, according to the report.
The women’s free skate is scheduled for November 2, when the final results will be decided.
Mao Shimada scored 82.11 points to lead the women’s short program at Skate Canada.
The score was a personal best and the highest women’s short-program score reported for the season.
The 18-year-old Japanese skater was making her Grand Prix series debut.
Isabeau Levito of the United States placed second with 78.50 points, 3.61 points behind Shimada.
Saki Miyake of Japan was fourth with 71.95 points.
- Who
- Mao Shimada, an 18-year-old Japanese figure skater.
- What
- She scored 82.11 points to lead the women’s short program, setting a personal best and the season’s highest score in the event.
- When
- October 31, 2026.
- Where
- Skate Canada in Kelowna, Canada.
- Why
- Not stated
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Shimada won the Kinoshita Group Cup in Tokyo, according to dメニューニュース.
Shimada turned 18, according to dメニューニュース.
Shimada scored 82.11 points in the Skate Canada women’s short program to take the lead.
The women’s free skate was scheduled to take place, according to dメニューニュース.
- Short-program score
- 82.11 points
- Second place
- Isabeau Levito, 78.50 points
- Score gap
- 3.61 points
- Fourth place
- Saki Miyake, 71.95 points
- Venue
- Kelowna, Canada
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