Figure Skating: Asada wins gold in Moscow

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Figure Skating: Asada wins gold in Moscow

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Win in Moscow put Mao Asada into the Grand Prix series final.

27 November,2011 03:46 am

Japans former two-time world champion Mao Asada won the gold medal in the womens section of the Cup of Russia, the sixth and the last stage of ISU Grand Prix series, here on Saturday.Asada, this years NHK Trophy silver medalist, who topped the event after the short programme, made mistakes in her free Liebestraum by Franz Liszt routine but managed to keep her lead through collecting 183.25pts overall.The win at the ice of Moscows Megasport arena put the 21-year-old Vancouver Olympics silver medalist into the Grand Prix series final.Im really happy to get a place in the GP finals after two consecutive disastrous seasons, Asada said.I decided to avoid the risks and concentrated on the quality of my free routine presentation and it worked as all of my rivals failed to avoid mistakes.Russias Alena Leonova took the last remaining spot in the Quebec Citys GP finals by winning silver with a solid presentation of her free programme Adagio for Strings and Requiem for a Tower for a 180.45 overall mark.Another Russian skater, junior world champion Adelina Sotnikova who was third on Friday, grabbed bronze, collecting 169.75 points.