Russian 16-year-old beats Olympic, world champion to figure skating title

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With Kostornaia's victory, Russia swept the women's competition of the six-round Grand Prix series. FMTNews IceSkatingAlenaKostornaia

Alena Kostornaia of Russia performs in the ladies free skating program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Sapporo.

The 16-year-old, maintaining her comfortable lead at the women’s short programme, produced clean jumps in the free to score an overall score of 240.00 points, sealing her second Grand Prix triumph this season.Defending champion Rika Kihira of Japan was in second place with 231.84 points, wowing the home crowd.

With Saturday’s results, Kostornaia, Kihira and Zagitova booked their place at December’s Grand Prix Finals in Turin, a showdown by top figure skaters.

 

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