Olympic bronze medalist Ami Nakai of Japan leads after short program at Skate America
Japanese Olympic bronze medalist Ami Nakai led the competition at Skate America, outpacing former Olympic silver medalist Alexandra Ignatova and the rest of the field after her impressive short program. Nakai scored 82.20 points, setting a personal-best and the highest score through the first four Grand Prix events this season. Ignatova placed second with 74.24 points, while Yujae Kim of Korea and Adeliia Petrosian of Russia secured the third and fourth spots, respectively.
The top American ice dance team, Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik, demonstrated why they are considered the best in the nation, placing sixth in the rhythm dance with 82.52 points.
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