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Kamila Valieva, as expected, became the best in the singles short program in the figure skating team tournament at the Beijing Olympics. Her lead over Japanese runner-up Wakaba Higuchi is cosmic.
An unexpected “gift” was given to us by the Americans by putting up for this rental not the strongest of their athletes – Karen Chen. She took only fifth place, 4 points behind Valieva. Thus, before the start of the free program, the Russians are ahead of the US team by 2 points, which, of course, does not guarantee victory yet.
Today, the “second act” of the team competition will begin: men will present their free programs. Sports couples, dancers and girls will perform tomorrow. The fight for awards will continue not 10, but only five teams – Russia, USA, Japan, Canada and China. Georgia was unlucky, which scored the same points as the hosts of the tournament, but did not pass to the next stage according to additional indicators. But it is obvious to everyone that the contenders for the “gold” are the Americans and the Russians.
Source: Rosbalt
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