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