“Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama, who’s been sublime at the Milan Cortina Games, also tumbled in his free skate and it cost him a gold medal before Malinin took the ice. Kagiyama still finished with silver.”

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“Yuma Kagiyama (280.06 points) of Japan, who had been expected to challenge Malinin for gold, won silver for a second consecutive Olympics when his own error-filled performance was buoyed by Malinin’s crumbling.”

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“When Yuma Kagiyama, the second-to-last skater, fell, it became clear he would medal.”

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