Sochi, Russia, Nov 27 (AFP\/APP):Russian youngster Kamila Valieva became the first woman to break the 270-point barrier as she underlined her status as favourite for the Winter Olympics with a comfortable success at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old, who was also the first female figure skater to post a total score of more than 250 points, was awarded another world record of 185.29 for her free skate in Sochi.<\/p>\n
That gave her a total of 272.71 points, more than 43 clear of runner-up and defending champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. Maiia Khromykh completed an all-Russian podium. It was Valieva’s second Grand Prix win of the season after also cruising to the Skate Canada title.<\/p>\n
“I am very happy that I was able to skate well today. There was one little mistake when I did a double Salchow instead of a triple, so it was not yet my maximum,” Valieva said.<\/p>\n
“I am glad that I was able to go out calmly and to show what we have worked on. I really enjoyed skating today.”
\nValieva completed three quads and five triples in a magnificent display to Ravel’s “Bolero”.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, Morisi Kvitelashvili became the first Georgian to win a Grand Prix gold medal in the men’s event.
\nThe former European championship bronze medallist fell on a quad toeloop, but managed to post 170.96 points in the free, enough to take the title despite being only the third-highest score of the day.<\/p>\n
Home hope Mikhail Kolyada jumped from fourth place after the short programme to take second, with Japan’s overnight leader Kazuki Tomono having to settle for bronze.<\/p>\n
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov won the pairs competition, while their fellow world champions Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov took the ice dance honours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sochi, Russia, Nov 27 (AFP\/APP):Russian youngster Kamila Valieva became the first woman to break the 270-point barrier as she underlined her status as favourite for the Winter Olympics with a comfortable success at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday. The 15-year-old, who was also the first […]<\/p>\n
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