Japan's Yuma Kagiyama captured his second consecutive Grand Prix title to set up a showdown with American Ilia Malinin at December’s Grand Prix Final.

Olympic and world silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan won a figure skating Grand Prix event for a second consecutive week to set up a showdown with world champion Ilia Malinin at December’s Grand Prix Final.

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama skated to a score of 103.97 at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finlandia Trophy in Helsinki to take the early lead after the men's short program

Some figure skaters have already finished competing on the series and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, including world champions Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old from Virginia, the American ice dance couple Madison Chock and Evan Bates and Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.