Denis Ten Memorial in Almaty: bronze for Sofia Samodelkina

Kazakh figure skater Sofia Samodelkina won bronze in the women's singles at the Denis Ten Memorial in Almaty. She scored 204.36 points in total; her free skate to "Rivals" earned 134.91 points, the second-best score of that segment.

Gold went to Russia's Alexandra Ignatova, competing as a neutral athlete (226.01), and silver to South Korea's Kim Yu-jae (209.20). In the men's event, Kazakhstan's Dias Jirenbayev is seventh after the short programme with 66.11 points.

The competition honours Denis Ten, bronze medallist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and a symbol of Kazakh figure skating.