A total of 29 athletes are participating in the competition. After the short program, the 24 best skaters continue to compete for medals in the free skate.
Kuļišs suffered a fall at the beginning and scored 66.86 points. Vasiļjevs earned a total of 82.44 points, which is his best result of the season. This allowed him to qualify for the free skate.
The leader was American Ilia Malinin, who earned 108.16 points.
The athletes will compete for medals on Friday at 8:00 ...