Russian teenager Medvedeva wins title at figure skating worlds


Boston (Massachusetts), April 3 (IANS): Russian teenager Evgenia Medvedeva posted a record-breaking free skate score to capture the figure skating title in her debut season.

The 16-year-old earned 150.10 points for her free skate, beating Kim Yuna's record from the 2010 Olympics here on Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency.

American Ashley Wagner collected a personal-best score that moved her from fourth to second, the first American woman in a decade to win a medal at worlds.

Another Russian teen, Anna Pogorilaya, won bronze.

American Gracie Gold, who led after the short program, fell on her opening triple-triple combination to drop to fourth.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Russian teenager Medvedeva wins title at figure skating worlds



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.