The first pair to skate in the second group, world silver medallists Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsapalov, have just gone into second with 81.51. Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Andrey Filatov (RUS). Alexandra Trusova swapped in a triple Axel - which she has never landed in competition - for a double at the start of her short program but a fall leaves her with plenty to do in Turin. Can you guess who it is? Sometimes at the practice we even compete against each other.". Yuzuru Hanyu just tried a jump that's never been landed in competition - the quadruple Axel - in practice but fell! With just a couple of points separating the three, tonight's free skate should be an exciting one. A superb triple Axel for starters, followed by a triple Lutz and then a triple flip-triple toe loop combination. "In the short as well, I feel like I've got a lot to work on. Hanyu admits the performance left him drained, to the point he was not able to jump his final combination, a difficult triple Axel-triple Axel sequence. But their free dance, to an eerie ambient soundtrack largely provided by Icelandic artist Olafur Arnalds, was close to perfection with the crowd mesmerised by a truly original and captivating routine. Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were first to skate. I want to live in the now. The top six in each discipline from the senior Grand Prix and the Junior Grand Prix Series will battle it out for top honors at this prestigious competition. You can see how they progress and you don’t want to be left behind. They doubled their opening triple Salchows but that was the only low in a wonderful free skate with Peng nailing the throw triple loop which she fell on in the short program. She admitted, "This time we didn't do very well because this is our third competition and three in a very short time for us is really hard. Double Olympic champion Hanyu tried the quad Axel several times but fell on each attempt. While Hanyu hopes to land the quad Axel - which he attempted in practice - at March's World Championships, he has a big gap to close on Chen who shows no sign of letting up despite being in his second year of studies at Yale University. "So here [pointing at Chen] is my motivation for skating.". All will be revealed very soon... Later, the winner of the junior ladies' competition will be decided in the free skate. Their compatriots, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, are third after a season's best 81.67. Recap of day 1 at the 2019 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, TM © Olympic Channel Services S.L. Shun Sato staked his claim to be Hanyu's successor in the hearts of Japanese skating fans with a scintillating performance to win the Junior Grand Prix Final. I think he’s probably going to try it for Worlds. Madison Chock and Evan Bates have saved their best for the Grand Prix Final. The last to go, Usacheva made a number of small errors with a hand down on the triple Salchow at the end of a combination the most notable. Throw in her trademark artistry, which has won her fans across the world including Adam Rippon, and that was a fantastic performance which could come close to her world record short program skate at last month's NHK Trophy. Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin will go first followed by fellow Russians Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii with world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong the last to skate. And he was happy. Team Tutberidze has another talent to take on the world in the shape of Kamila Valieva. Between competitions, I want to continue to improve as much as I can. It's now over to Trusova. She and Charlie White took silver behind Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2010 World Championships here, just weeks after taking Olympic silver in Vancouver where the Canadians also took gold. I want to keep working on that.". It's practice time for the senior ladies, with all six finalists on the ice to run through their short programs this morning, with Alena Kostornaia kicking things off. "It wasn't ideal for me here," he said. Meanwhile, no jumps from Chen inside his marked run-through this morning. Papadakis tripped herself up in the step sequence and put a knee down but managed to get back into the routine almost instantly. She was smiling despite a costly fall and very philosophical about it all saying, "I love to compete and I like to risk. The double world champion is now a three-time Grand Prix Final winner after... Women's figure skating has undergone a radical transformation in the past two years. Ice Dance . The crowd loved it and this performance puts them right in the hunt for a medal. Valieva's win made it 10 consecutive triumphs for Russia in the ladies' Junior Grand Prix Final, and an incredible six in a row for Team Tutberidze. That starts at the 18:08 post on this blog. Briand says that they've also been practising quintuple jumps but that Hanyu is all about the Axel. The top three pairs after the short program, including world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, are currently on the ice warming up for practice. There are four Russian finalists with three of them making their Grand Prix Final debuts - first-season seniors Alexandra Trusova, Alena Kostornaia and Anna Shcherbakova - nicknamed the 3A. Kihira's score is in and she's down in fourth place on 70.71. As we wait for her score, we've heard from Alexandra Trusova in the mixed zone. They were a close second to compatriots Peng Cheng and Jin Yang on the night, but claimed overall victory by seven points with Peng and Jin taking silver after lying fifth overnight. She then landed a solid double Axel followed by a triple flip to almost certainly leave her on the podium overnight. American pair Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik certainly livened up proceedings with their rhythm dance skate to music from Aladdin. "I think from a lot of skaters you hear the same - just the inspiration of being in a venue where the Olympics have been previously held, it really makes you rise to the occasion.". "Thank you to Torino and the audience gave me back what I shared. Liu led after the short program but youthful exuberance got the better of her in the free skate as she attempted two quad Lutzes and two triple Axels, failing to land any of them successfully. - Ghislain Briand. "I really love competing with him because if I am skating alone, if I'm the only one getting over 300 for the total score, I feel really lonely, I can't find motivation for skating," said Hanyu. The 15-year-old landed a quad Lutz for starters and then a mighty quad toe loop and a triple Axel in a stunning skate. But a season notable for epic races rather than a tense title fight ultimately belonged to Mercedes, and their record sixth consecutive championship double.