US leads in figure skating team event, China in top 3 before last short program

Other Chinese skaters also took the rink as Jin Boyang sat on the sixth in the men's singles, and Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu finished fifth in the ice dancing rhythm dance.

Among the 10 teams representing their respective National Olympic Committees in the team event at Beijing 2022, results of the women's singles short program competitions, slated here on Sunday morning, will decide which five teams qualify for free skating.

The figure skating team event competition was introduced to the Olympic program at Sochi 2014 and featured again during Pyeongchang 2018 with China having failed to qualify for the free skates twice.