{"id":7705,"date":"2011-02-20T17:02:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T17:02:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-20T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T17:02:08","slug":"The-three-Asian-girls-of-Four-Continents-Ice-Skating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=7705","title":{"rendered":"The three Asian girls of Four Continents Ice Skating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Ladies took the lead in the Ladies short program at the 2011 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Saturday. <strong>Miki Ando<\/strong> held onto her overnight lead to win her first Four Continents title with a personal best score on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ando followed up a near flawless short program with a free skate that earned the top score of 134.76 points, finishing over five points ahead of rival and reigning world champion <strong>Mao Asada with 201.34<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion <strong>Mao<\/strong>, who also placed second behind <strong>Ando<\/strong> at the nationals in December, completed a triple axel and had 196.30 points. <strong>She was followed in third place by American Mirai Nagasu, who had 189.46<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>USA&#8217;s Mirai Nagasu&#8217;s short program<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B8I0ugtyJiQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>USA&#8217;s Mirai Nagasu&#8217;s long program<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0LJVd8K5KQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ladies medal ceremony at Four Continents Championships 2011<br \/>\n1st Miki Ando (JPN), 2nd Mao Asada (JPN), 3rd Mirai Nagasu (USA)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUABKtDTOpE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>You know Mirai is going to be the next Olympic champion! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiancemagazine.com\/content\/olympic-ice-skater-mirai-nagasu\">See our interview with her<\/a>, when she represented the USA in Vancouver! 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