ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 - Anna Shcherbakova takes shock lead
BySportsbeat
Published 25/03/2021 at 12:26 GMT
The 16-year-old Russian went top of the leaderboard with an excellent short programme on a day of surprises at the event. The three-time national champion sits ahead of Japan's Kihira Rika and Russian Elizaveta Tuktamysehva, while world record holder Alexandra Trusova is way down the standings in 12th.
Anna Shcherbakova leads the standings at ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021
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16-year-old Anna Shcherbakova took the lead with an excellent short program on a day of surprises at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships.
The three-time Russian national champion, who turns 17 on Sunday, landed a difficult triple Lutz-triple loop combination to score 81 points.
Scherbakova said: "In general the whole skate was full of nerves,"
"I had to watch every move, in general I am very satisfied that it all worked out. I am most satisfied with my [combination], it was the hardest jump in my program, and the most important one."
World record holder Alexandra Trusova emerged from the short program in 12th, way down on expectations.
Japan's Kihira Rika and Russian Elizaveta Tuktamysehva landed triple axels to finish second and third respectively with 79.08 and 78.86.
Medals will be decided on Friday with the free program in Stockholm.
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