Asada takes crown as Kim rallies
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March 28, 2010, Sunday
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JAPAN'S Mao Asada won the women's title at the world figure skating championships in Turin yesterday to partly make up for missing gold at last month's Winter Olympics.
The Vancouver silver medalist snatched the crown for the second time with 197.58 points overall after finishing second in the final free program.
Olympic champion and 2009 winner Kim Yuna of South Korea hauled herself up to the silver medal position having been seventh after Friday's short program.
Finland's Laura Lepisto took bronze while European champion Carolina Kostner of Italy finished sixth to the disappointment of her home crowd.
American Mirai Nagasu led after the short program but botched four of her jumps and dropped to seventh.
Kim has dominated the sport the last two seasons, losing just one competition. But the South Korean had an uncharacteristically bad outing in the short, missing elements that are usually automatic. Her free skate yesterday was more like it -- she had the top score of the day -- though far from her majestic best. She started strong, but fell on a triple salchow and popped her final double axel. She scored 130.49 points, nearly 20 points behind her Olympic performance, for a total of 190.79.
On Friday, Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir glided to their first world ice dance title.
The Canadians went out of sync in one of their twizzles but that hiccup could not stop them from wrapping up the dance title at Turin's futuristically-shaped Palavela, which hosted the skating at the 2006 Olympics.
Moir stumbled on the twizzle -- spinning steps -- and the dance pair, who with Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White, are trying to infuse the discipline with more athleticism, also was penalized a point for overextending a lift.
"It felt really good from the moment we started," Moir said. "Minor little stumble in there. But to tell you the truth it didn't really feel as bad as it looked on the replay. What can you do? One mistake in six skates."
After leading the compulsory Golden Waltz on Tuesday and topping Thursday's original dance with a flashy Flamenco, the duo finished second in the free dance but claimed gold with a total of 224.43.
Their friends, Davis and White, imaginatively used a musical montage from Phantom of the Opera to win the segment and take silver just like in Vancouver.
Italians Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali sealed bronze and were bombarded with bouquets and teddy bears from a flag-waving home crowd but they will now consider whether to retire.
Japan's Daisuke Takahashi took the men's title after Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China sealed pairs gold on Wednesday.
The Vancouver silver medalist snatched the crown for the second time with 197.58 points overall after finishing second in the final free program.
Olympic champion and 2009 winner Kim Yuna of South Korea hauled herself up to the silver medal position having been seventh after Friday's short program.
Finland's Laura Lepisto took bronze while European champion Carolina Kostner of Italy finished sixth to the disappointment of her home crowd.
American Mirai Nagasu led after the short program but botched four of her jumps and dropped to seventh.
Kim has dominated the sport the last two seasons, losing just one competition. But the South Korean had an uncharacteristically bad outing in the short, missing elements that are usually automatic. Her free skate yesterday was more like it -- she had the top score of the day -- though far from her majestic best. She started strong, but fell on a triple salchow and popped her final double axel. She scored 130.49 points, nearly 20 points behind her Olympic performance, for a total of 190.79.
On Friday, Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir glided to their first world ice dance title.
The Canadians went out of sync in one of their twizzles but that hiccup could not stop them from wrapping up the dance title at Turin's futuristically-shaped Palavela, which hosted the skating at the 2006 Olympics.
Moir stumbled on the twizzle -- spinning steps -- and the dance pair, who with Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White, are trying to infuse the discipline with more athleticism, also was penalized a point for overextending a lift.
"It felt really good from the moment we started," Moir said. "Minor little stumble in there. But to tell you the truth it didn't really feel as bad as it looked on the replay. What can you do? One mistake in six skates."
After leading the compulsory Golden Waltz on Tuesday and topping Thursday's original dance with a flashy Flamenco, the duo finished second in the free dance but claimed gold with a total of 224.43.
Their friends, Davis and White, imaginatively used a musical montage from Phantom of the Opera to win the segment and take silver just like in Vancouver.
Italians Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali sealed bronze and were bombarded with bouquets and teddy bears from a flag-waving home crowd but they will now consider whether to retire.
Japan's Daisuke Takahashi took the men's title after Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China sealed pairs gold on Wednesday.
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