Yuma Kagiyama skated what he thought might be his "worst program" of the season but still won the Finlandia Trophy figure skating Grand Prix on Saturday in Helsinki, securing his place at next month'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.

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama was on course for back-to-back wins in the Grand Prix series after he took the lead in the short program at the Finlandia Trophy on Friday. Skating to “The Sound of Silence,