ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 08: Ting Cui of the United States skates in the Ladies Free Skate during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on February 08, 2019 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman - International Skating Union (ISU)/ISU via Getty Images)
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National Team: Figure Skating

Ting Cui Takes Home Bronze Medal at World Junior Championships

Ladies free
Ting Cui's bronze medal performance highlighted Saturday's competition for the United States at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Competing in her second World Junior Championship, and having placed 11th at last month's Four Continents Championships, Ting Cui earned 126.72 points in the free skate for 194.41 total points.

Cui's program was propelledby a triple Lutz-triple toeloop combination and a triple flip-euler-triple Salchow combination. She also earned three Level 4 spins.

Cui became the first U.S. lady to win a medal at the World Junior championships since Gracie Gold won silver in 2012.

Hanna Harrell capped off a breakthrough 2018-19 season with a 114.01-point free skate, totaling 176.69 points overall and a seventh place finish.

With Cui and Harrell's performances, the United States earned three spots in the ladies competition at next year's World Junior Championships.

Russia's Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova finished first and second, respectively.

Free Dance
The American duo of Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik had a strong free dance, earning 102.72 points in the free dance for 167.90 points overall and a fourth place finish. Both scores were ISU personal bests. They were awarded two Level 4 lifts on Saturday, a Level 4 spin and Level 4 twizzles.

U.S. junior champions Caroline and Gordon Green finished seventh overall, scoring 153.05 total points. Like Nguyen and Kolesnik, they received positive grades of execution on each of their elements in their free dance, which earned 94.23 points.

Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville finished 12th in the competition with 139.96 total points.

Canada's Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won the competition, followed by Russia's Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Nikita Nazarov in second and Sofia Shevchenko and Igor Eremenko in third.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Gracie Gold

#21 Gracie Gold

Aug. 17, 1995
Senior/Ladies
Boston
Ting Cui

#11 Ting Cui

Sept. 6, 2002
Junior/Ladies
Baltimore
Hanna Harrell

#26 Hanna Harrell

Sept. 26, 2003
Junior/Ladies
Russellville, Arkansas
  Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

#46   Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

Nov. 22, 2002 | Oct. 27, 2001
Junior/Ice Dance
Cleveland, OH | Kharkiv UKR
  Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville

#23   Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville

Feb. 5, 2001 | Sept. 1, 2000
Junior/Ice Dance
Washington D.C. | Washington D.C.

Players Mentioned

Gracie Gold

#21 Gracie Gold

Senior/Ladies
Boston
Aug. 17, 1995
Ting Cui

#11 Ting Cui

Junior/Ladies
Baltimore
Sept. 6, 2002
Hanna Harrell

#26 Hanna Harrell

Junior/Ladies
Russellville, Arkansas
Sept. 26, 2003
  Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

#46   Avonley Nguyen and Vadym Kolesnik

Junior/Ice Dance
Cleveland, OH | Kharkiv UKR
Nov. 22, 2002 | Oct. 27, 2001
  Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville

#23   Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville

Junior/Ice Dance
Washington D.C. | Washington D.C.
Feb. 5, 2001 | Sept. 1, 2000