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Final standings for the men's competition. Evan Lysacek slipped from first to third and Johnny Weir took silver. Takahiko Kozuka of Japan gets gold.
1 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 226.18
2 Johnny WEIR USA 225.20
3 Evan LYSACEK USA 223.21
4 Kevin REYNOLDS CAN 204.89
5 Shawn SAWYER CAN 199.98
6 Alexander USPENSKI RUS 177.81
7 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 177.26
8 Adam RIPPON USA 174.82
9 Igor MACYPURA SVK 169.61
10 Ian MARTINEZ CAN 155.18
American ladies Mirai Nagasu, Rachael Flatt and Kimmie Meissner finished the short program in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively, but Meissner felt like she missed out on much more.
Meissner, the 2007 national champ, fell trying to land a triple flip. As disappointed as she was, she says today’s long program is her strength and she vows not to make the same mistake.
“I’m going to come out with a vengeance for that triple flip,” said Meissner who scored 54.90 points Saturday.
Yu-Na Kim of Korea leads after the short program with 69.50 points.
Two young USA pair skaters dazzled the fans at Skate America this afternoon, but watched as more experienced pairs took the title.
Americans Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker surprised the field by edging the Russian favorites, Maria Mukhotova and Msxim Trankov for second place.
Germans pair of Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy, the defending world champs, glided to victory with 180.77 points. McLaughlin and Brubaker had 172.69 points and the Russians scored 167.67.
Rena Inoue and John Baldwin (146.51 points) finished fifth and John Coughlin and Caitlin Yankowskas (141.70) finished seventh for the Americans.
Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto took a small step backward in their pursuit of a fifth Skate America ice dancing title.
Belbin and Agosto are still solidly entrenched in second place behing Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France, but finished third Saturday afternoon in the original dance.
Belbin and Agosto's 57.47 points weren't as good as the British brother-sister combo of Sinead and John Kerr, who scored 57.74 points. Delobel and Schoenfelder scored 58.26 points but were not entirely pleased with their performance.
"Out technique marks were not what we wanted," Shoenfelder said, "because we made mistakes."
