NAGOYA, Japan — Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada landed all of her jumps cleanly and led the Grand Prix final after the women’s short program with 77.04 points.

“I felt really controlled and I felt the program was really myself,” Osmond was quoted on the ISU’s website. “I really wanted to get another clean program done, because not having a clean program in France really upset me.

“I just really wanted to enjoy my performance so I told myself to be calm and do what I do in practice, to have fun and enjoy it. That is exactly what I did.”

World junior champion Alina Zagitova of Russia stepped out of the landing on her triple flip and was second on 76.27. Satoko Miyahara of Japan was third with 74.61.

Osmond, who trains in Edmonton, won Skate Canada earlier this season and finished third at the Grand Prix event in France to earn her berth in the six-skater final. She is looking to solidify her place among the elite women heading into the Olympics in February. She broke through with her first individual medal by placing second at the world championships in Helsinki last spring.

The Grand Prix Final concludes on Saturday with the ice dance and women’s free skate. Defending world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are currently second behind France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron by 0.54 points after the short dance. Two-time world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford are fifth in pairs, a little less than 7.5 points behind leaders Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany.

Meanwhile, Nathan Chen held on to his lead from the short program to edge Shoma Uno and win the men’s final on Friday.

Skating to “Mao’s Last Dancer,” Chen landed three of five attempted quad jumps in his free program.

Uno, two points behind Chen after the short program on Thursday, won the free skate but it wasn’t enough to overtake Chen, who finished a half point ahead with a total of 286.51 points.

Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada was third with 282.00.

The gold was an upgrade on the silver Chen won last year in his debut senior season.

“Last year, I wasn’t event expecting to be at the Grand Prix Final so it’s an honour to win it this year,” he said.

Last year’s winner and Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, didn’t compete because he’s recovering from a leg injury in practice last month. He’s the favourite two months out from the Pyeongchang Olympics, which Chen still has to qualify for. To go to South Korea, he has to place in the top three in the U.S. championships in the first week of January.

“I’m excited that this is an Olympic season,” Chen said. “Making the Olympic team is first on my ‘To do’ list.”