Miki Ando wins gold at Worlds

Miki Ando of Japan has won the gold at world championships in Moscow, her second world title. Olympic champion Yuna Kim had gone into Saturday's free skate with a lead of less than half a point over Ando.

Both put on elegant free skates but neither was technically flawless. Ando stepped out of the first part of a planned double axel-triple toe combination. Kim singled both a double and a triple.

Carolina Kostner of Italy, who had started the day in sixth place, won the bronze.

World Championships, Ladies - Final standings (top 10):

1 Miki ANDO JPN 195.79 
2 Yuna KIM KOR 194.50 
3 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 184.68 
4 Alena LEONOVA RUS 183.92 
5 Alissa CZISNY USA 182.25 
6 Mao ASADA JPN 172.79 
7 Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 167.22 
8 Kanako MURAKAMI JPN 167.10 
9 Kiira KORPI FIN 164.80 
10 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 156.24 

World Championships, Ice Dance - Final standings (top 10): 

Congratulations USA on the first world champions' title in ice dance in the American skating history! 

1    Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 185.27  
2    Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN 181.79      
3    Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA 163.79      
4    Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 163.54      
5    Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 160.32      
6    Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 160.23      
7    Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 154.50      
8    Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 153.77      
9    Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN USA 151.86  
10    Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER CAN 151.13   

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