Hanyu leads in Rostelecom Cup short program

By The Associated Press

Posted Nov 16, 2018 08:52:31 AM.

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MOSCOW — Olympic gold medallist Yuzuru Hanyu built a 20-point lead in the short program at the Russian round of the figure skating Grand Prix series Friday.

Hanyu landed a clean quadruple salchow and quad toeloop-triple toeloop combination for 110.53 points. As usual, his fans hurled dozens of Winnie the Pooh toys onto the ice in celebration.

Hanyu is looking to win both of his Grand Prix events in a single season, not including the finals, for the first time.

Morisi Kvitelashvili of Georgia recorded his best Grand Prix short program with 89.94 points in second. Experienced Swedish skater Alexander Majorov was third with 82.33, putting him in reach of a first Grand Prix medal in a decade-long senior career.

The free skate is Saturday.

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