The Russian Olympic Committee overtook the United States for first place in the figure skating team event thanks to a first-place showing by Kamila Valieva in the women's short program.
Valieva earned a score of 90.18, putting her a wide distance ahead of Japan's Wakaba Higuchi.
Women's Short Program Results
- Kamila Valieva, ROC (90.18)
- Wakaba Higuchi, JPN (74.73)
- Madeline Schizas, CAN (69.60)
- Anastasiia Gubanova, GEO (67.56)
- Karen Chen, USA (65.20)
Team Figure Skating Standings
- ROC: 36 points
- United States: 34 points
- Japan: 29 points
- Canada: 24 points
- People's Republic of China: 22 points
- Georgia: 22 points
- Italy: 20 points
- Czech Republic: 15 points
- Germany: 8 points
- Ukraine: 8 points
The women's event represented the halfway point of the team competition.