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Jackie Wong , Figure Skating Examiner
December 24, 2011
Former World junior champion Kanako Murakami stunned favorites Mao Asada and Akiko Suzuki today at the Japan Figure Skating Championships to lead the short program. Murakami took the ice well before her other two main competitors but was able to maintain her lead, edging out Asada by less than a quarter of a point.
After a lackluster Grand Prix series this season, Murakami saved her best stuff so far this season for her home championships. She hit a clean short, highlighted by a clean triple toe-triple toe and a solo triple flip. The judges rewarded her with a 65.56 to give her the edge in the short program over the rest of the field.
Right behind is Asada, who was also clean in her Scheherazade short program but lacked the difficulty of Murakami’s skate.
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