![]() ![]() women from being shut out of the medals for the first time since 1964. It was to Flatt, at SkateAmerica in November in Lake Placid, N.Y.įlatt will need a similar effort, plus some help, to reach the podium tonight and prevent the U.S. South Korea’s Kim Yu-na, the short program leader with a world-record 78.50 and the big favorite to capture gold tonight, has lost a free program just once this season. She included two level-4 spins that don’t aggravate her back and easily won the free program to finish first overall by a whopping 11 points. Championships last month in Spokane, Wash. The free program, where there is no such requirement.įlatt was in third place after the short program at the U.S. We try to milk the points as much as we can, then just wait for the free program.” We just try to make it the best layback we can. ![]() ![]() “We know we’re going into the short program at a disadvantage. “The sad thing is, she had a layback to die for (before the injury),” Zakrajsek said. Only two other skaters in the 30-woman field got lower scores. In Tuesday’s short program, Flatt received 2.00 points for her layback spin once the grades of execution were computed.
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