Friday, March 12, 2010

Alena Leonova's Last Day as Reigning World Junior Champion

Alena Leonova - 2009 World Junior Champion

Today marks the final day of Russia's Alena Leonova's reign as World Junior Champion. The 9th place finisher at the Vancouver Olympics surprised many when she won the title last year against Americans Caroline Zhang and Ashley Wagner. Tomorrow a new ladies champion will be crowned when the women skate their long programs at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

The current standings after the short program:


1

Anna Ovcharova

RUS

59.80

36.20

23.60

2

Kanako Murakami

JPN

59.00

34.60

24.40

3

Polina Agafonova

RUS

56.28

34.28

22.00

4

Kate Charbonneau

CAN

53.80

33.08

20.72

5

Kiri Baga

USA

52.28

30.24

22.04

6

Joshi Helgesson

SWE

52.10

30.30

21.80

7

Polina Shelepen

RUS

51.42

28.90

22.52

8

Agnes Zawadzki

USA

50.98

31.74

20.24

9

Christina Gao

USA

49.34

28.50

20.84

10

Lena Marrocco

FRA

49.10

28.90

20.20


Photo AP

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