Miki Ando of Japan wins gold at world championship
Japan’s Miki Ando performs her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Korea’s Kim Yuna performs her short program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Korea’s Kim Yuna performs her short program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Japan’s Miki Ando performs her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Japan’s Miki Ando performs her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Japan’s Miki Ando, right, and her coach Nikolai Morozov react after she performed her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Japan’s Miki Ando reacts after performing her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Japan’s Miki Ando performs her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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MOSCOW —
Miki Ando of Japan has won the gold at the figure skating world championships in Moscow, her second world title.
Olympic champion Kim Yu-na had gone into Saturday’s free skate with a lead of less than half a point over Ando.
Both put on elegant free skates but neither was technically flawless. Ando stepped out of the first part of a planned double axel-triple toe combination. Kim singled both a double and a triple.
Carolina Kostner of Italy, who had started the day in sixth place, won the bronze.
