Figure skating - Americans Knierim and Frazier win pairs world title
MONTPELLIER, France : Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier performed a flawless free programme to win the pairs title at the figure skating world championships on Thursday.
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Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier win worlds pairs title as Ashley Cain-Gribble suffers a nasty fall
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier became the first American pair to win a world figure skating title since 1979. Knierim and Frazier posted the highest scores in the short program and free skate (221.09) to win by 21.54 points over Japanese pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (199.55). Ad/> Canadian duo Vanessa James and Eric Radford had to settle for bronze (197.32).
U.S. wins first figure skating worlds pairs’ title since 1979; Ashley Cain-Gribble hurt in fall
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier became the first U.S. pair to win a world figure skating title since 1979, competing after fellow American Ashley Cain-Gribble fell three times and withdrew with partner Timothy LeDuc.
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PV Sindhu and women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy entered the second round while men's doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost in the opening round of the ongoing Swiss Open played at St. Jakobshalle. The two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu defeated Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-14, 21-12 to enter the second round of the women's singles. After a straight games victory, the Hyderabadi shuttler will now face Neslihan Yigit of China in the second round.