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Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto closed retired her competitory profession pinch her 4th world title successful nan women’s singles title astatine nan Figure Skating World Championships successful Prague, Czechia connected Friday.
The 25-year aged wrapped up a historical skating profession which included 4 Olympic medals, including 2 silvers astatine this year’s Milan Cortina Games, pinch a personal-best 238.28 aft an affectional free skate capacity astatine O2 Arena. She’s nan first women’s azygous skater to triumph 4 world championships since Michelle Kwan, who won her 5th successful 2003.
Sakamoto was good clear of countrymate Mone Chiba, who vanished successful 2nd astatine 228.47 aft finishing 4th astatine nan Olympics. Belgium’s Nina Pinzarrone was a astonishment bronze medalist (215.20) aft finishing 13th successful Milan.
American Isabeau Levito, nan 2024 world metallic medalist, vanished successful 4th a period removed from a 12th-place decorativeness successful her Olympic debut. Fellow American Amber Glenn entered nan free skate successful 3rd spot but fell to sixth aft a brace of jumping errors.
Alysa Liu of nan US withdrew from nan title aft winning nan golden badge successful Milan past month.
The hit creation of nan crystal creation title was besides held connected Friday. French Olympic champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron are comfortably successful nan lead entering nan free creation aft posting a personal-best people of 92.74. Olympic bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada are successful 2nd astatine 86.45 and nan British squad of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (85.09) are successful third.
American metallic medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates elected not to prosecute a 4th consecutive world title aft coming up conscionable short successful Milan.
