COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — American Ashley Wagner had the best free skate of her career Saturday night to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for her first international title.
The U.S. champion skated an elegant, clean program to finish with 128.34-point score that left her with a career-high total of 192.41.
That was enough to edge two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan, who settled for second at 188.62 after touching a hand to the ice while attempting to land a triple lutz and having a triple axel downgraded by judges.
Earlier, U.S. champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the ice dancing short program, and China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong topped the pairs field after the short program. Canadian star Patrick Chan won the men’s title Friday night.
