Feb. 13 (UPI) -- American figure skater Ilia Malinin said overconfidence led to a poor performance and missed podium for the men's singles favorite Friday in Milan.
Malinin, who posted the top short program score and carried a lead into the final portion of the singles competition, fell several times on on the Milano Ice Skating Arena ice and ended his skate in a state of shock. He finished the competition in eighth place, more than 27 points behind gold medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan.
Japan's Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato earned respective silver and bronze medals.
"I was not expecting that," Malinin told NBC. "I felt like going into this competition I was so ready. I just felt ready getting on that ice. I think maybe I was too confident that it was going to go well.
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