Ukraine gains 8th place after the short program by Yakov Godorozha

In Sochi, men's figure skating competition for singles has finished at the arena of Iceberg sports palace. Japan team are the leaders.

Team competitions kicked off with a men's short program. Ukrainian Yakov Godorozha scored 60.51 points, which is the eighth result. Japan team are the leaders. Yuzuru Hanyu skated a bit better than Russian Yevgeny Plushenko, who got the second place. Soon the arena will be open for couples’ contest. The day after the competition will continue. We will see a short women’s individual program in figure skating and dancing couples. The athletes will compete in the free skating program. Only the top 5 teams will get through to this stage.