Amber Glenn Edges Alysa Liu For Second Straight Cup Of China Figure Skating Title

Amber Glenn overcame cervix symptom to hit her world champion US teammate Alysa Liu and triumph nan fig skating Cup of China for nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth Saturday.

Glenn, nan US nationalist champion, clutched her cervix aft finishing her free skate, successful which she recovered from a shaky landing connected a triple toeloop adjacent nan start.

Glenn had been successful 3rd aft Friday’s short program, meaning she had to hold for Liu and Japan’s Rinka Watanabe to execute their free skates earlier she knew wherever she placed.

Liu slipped backmost to 2nd pinch a full 212.07 points to Glenn’s 214.78 aft a wobbly landing connected a triple flip, while Watanabe only conscionable stayed connected nan podium, dropping to 3rd aft delivering only nan fifth-best free skate score.

Glenn said she felt “incredible” and that she was “really excited for my teammate and I to beryllium first and 2nd connected nan podium.” Despite being a two-time world title medalist, it’s nan first clip Liu has been connected nan podium successful a Grand Prix event.

Japan’s Shun Sato won nan Cup of China men’s arena for nan 2nd twelvemonth running, landing 3 quadruple jumps successful a cleanable free skate for a full 278.12, staying up of Italy’s Daniel Grassl connected 269.43. Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov connected 262.67 aft falling connected his past jump.

In crystal dance, world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their first Cup of China astatine nan sixth attempt, scoring a full 208.25 to hit their US teammates Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik connected 202.27. Third went to Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France connected 196.60.

The pairs free skate is later Saturday.

The Cup of China is nan 2nd of six regular play Grand Prix events building to a last successful December. It’s a cardinal trial for skaters eyeing medals astatine nan Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics successful February.