Japan's Kazuki Tomono topped the men's short program at Skate America on Friday with a polished performance that included a pair of quadruple jumps and earned 95.77 points.

Tomono was more than two points clear of France's Kevin Aymoz, whose emotion spilled over after an outstanding performance that garnered 93.56 points.

World silver medallist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, who took bronze at the Cup of China last month, was third on 89.67 points.

That left the pre-competition favorite plenty of ground to make up going into Saturday's deciding free skate.

Tomono, who is vying to land one of Japan's three men's Olympic team spots for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in February, looked the part as the fifth stop on the grand prix circuit got underway in Lake Placid, New York.

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