OSAKA, Japan (AP) β Gracie Gold of the United States won the free skate at the NHK Trophy on Saturday to finish first overall and wrap up a place at the Grand Prix Final.
Gold, first after the short program, finished the free skate with 191.16 points, ahead of Alena Leonova of Russia, who received 186.40 points. Satoko Miyahara of Japan was third 179.02 points.
In pairs, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada finished first with 127.08 points ahead of world junior champions Xiaoyu Yu and Yang Jin of China on 121.85 β a result that allowed them to qualify for the GP Final. Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov of Russia were third with 199 points.
It was the second win of the season for Duhamel and Radford, who also won Skate Canada.
