Gogolev takes bronze at Finlandia Trophy, Sadovsky impresses in fourth

By Canadian Press on November 22, 2025.

HELSINKI — Stephen Gogolev jumped his way to his first Grand Prix medal on Saturday, but Roman Sadovsky served notice that the competition for Canada’s lone men’s figure skating spot at the 2026 Winter Olympics is going to be a fight.

Toronto’s Gogolev continued his resurgent season with a third-place finish in the men’s competition at the 2025 Finlandia Trophy.

The 20-year-old from Toronto entered the men’s free skate in second place after a clean short program on Friday. He was third in the free with a score of 164.26, just .22 points behind European champion and world bronze medallist Adam Siao Him Fa of France.

Sadovsky, who was sixth after the short program, closed the gap on the medallists in the free skate. The 26-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., had the fourth-best free skate to finish fourth overall with 243.29 total points, 10.32 behind Gogolev for the last podium spot.

Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama, who was third heading into the free skate, dominated Saturday’s skate and finished first with 270.45 total points, ahead of Siao Him Fa (256.98) and Gogolev (253.61).

The Finlandia Trophy is the last of six events in the Grand Prix series, and the last chance to qualify for the Grand Prix Final — a midseason measuring stick for the top six in each discipline — set for Dec. 5-8 in Nagoya, Japan.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 22, 2025.

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