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Amber Glenn beats Alysa Liu to win figure skating Cup of China
Amber Glenn won despite neck pain, scoring 214.78 points to edge world champion Alysa Liu by nearly 3 points at the Cup of China Grand Prix event.
- On Saturday, Amber Glenn, the U.S. national champion, overcame neck pain to beat world champion U.S. teammate Alysa Liu and win the Cup of China for the second straight year after being third on Friday.
- The Cup of China is the second of six Grand Prix events building to the Grand Prix Final in December and serves as a key test for skaters targeting the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February.
- Alysa Liu slipped back to second after a wobbly triple flip landing, while Japan's Rinka Watanabe dropped to third after earning the fifth-best free skate score.
- Japan's Shun Sato won the men's event with 278.12, edging Daniel Grassl, Italy, on 269.43, while world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates took ice dance at 208.25 over U.S. teammates Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik on 202.27.
- Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France sat third in pairs on 196.60 with the pairs free skate scheduled later Saturday, and Alysa Liu reached her first Grand Prix podium despite being a two-time world championship medalist.
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Glenn beats Alysa Liu to win figure skating Cup of China
CHONGQING, China — Amber Glenn overcame neck pain to beat her world champion U.S. teammate Alysa Liu and win the figure skating Cup of China for the second straight year Saturday.
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