Kamila Valieva skates into first place in women's Olympic short program

World record-holder Kamila Valieva skated to a 82.16 score in the women's short program on Tuesday (15 February), taking the lead into Thursday's free skate.

The results of Valieva, who, according to a CAS decision, will continue to participate in the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, are provisional since there are pending proceedings with regard to the results of an anti-doping test of the athlete.

Valieva leads the trio of ROC skaters at the Capital Indoor Stadium, as reigning world champion Anna Shcherbakova (80.20) is in second place and two-time Olympian Sakamoto Kaori of Japan in third (79.84).

Reigning world bronze medallist Alexandra Trusova of the ROC is fourth (74.60), while another Japanese skater, Higuchi Wakaba, sits in fifth (73.51).

Earlier in the evening, Higuchi became just the fifth female skater in Olympic history to successfully land a triple Axel.

Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020 champion You Young of South Korea rounds out the top six with a 70.39.

You can see the full results from the short program here.

The women's free skate is set for Thursday (17 February).

More to come.