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A surprise winner
And the winner is ...
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan is the women's figure skating champion. Arakawa was the only one of the contenders to keep her feet throughout the long program as she jumped from third to first.
Sasha Cohen managed to get the silver despite two falls to open her program. Irina Slutskaya seemed in good shape but fell two-thirds of the way through her program and dropped to third in the long skate and third overall.
Look for contributions from the following Globe Staffers in Beijing:
- John Powers
- Shira Springer
- Bob Ryan
- Marc J. Spears
- Gregory Lee
