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Anna Shcherbakova s free skate win seals Russia s first World Team Trophy victory
OSAKA, Japan World champion Anna Shcherbakova won the women s free skate on Saturday to seal Russia s first-ever victory at the figure skating World Team Trophy.
First after the short program, the 17-year-old opened with a quadruple flip and followed with a triple flip-triple toe loop combination en route to a score of 160.58 points.
Japan s Kaori Sakamoto moved up to second place with 150.29 points after an impressive Matrix routine that included five triple jumps.
Russia s Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was third with 146.23 points.
The result of the women s free skate ensured Russia, with 125 points, would win its first World Team Trophy. The United States the defending champion was second with 110 followed by Japan with 107.
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