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French skater Adam Siao Him Fa took the lead at the Finlandia Trophy, the final stop on the ISU figure skating Grand Prix circuit, after Friday's opening short programme in Helsinki.

Their moon-cast shadows formed lean shapes that stretched and folded, leaped and spun and skated across the cracked plaster.

If Penelope had been in a jollier mood, the idea of Mrs. Clarke in a pair of ice skates, gracefully twirling and leaping across a frozen expanse, would have made her struggle not to laugh.

But the billionaires—co-owners of a professional hockey team who have talked of “skating where the puck is going”—seized the opportunity to get in on the AI boom.

But their sophisticated components and composure were enough to earn the top free skate score of 141.57 for a total of 215.99 points.