DISAPPOINTING FINISH
Apr 25, 2021
3 minutes
Japan’s Rika Kihira was expected to be one of the only ladies on the planet with the technical skills required to challenge the Russian skaters in Stockholm and bring home Japan’s first ladies World title in seven years.
That seemed a real possibility after the short program, where—despite earning a q (landed on the quarter) for the triple Axel and the triple toe on the back end of the triple flip combination
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