Georgia's Morisi Kvitelashvili edged Mikhail Kolyada of Russia to win his first figure skating Grand Prix title in Sochi on Saturday, but the Russian's second-place finish was enough to qualify him for next month's final.
Skating to a medley of songs by Frank Sinatra, Kvitelashvili fell on his quadruple toe loop but managed to cleanly execute most of the other elements of his free skate to clinch gold with a total of 266.33 points, a personal best.
Kolyada, silver medallist in the team event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, finished second, less than two points overall behind his Georgian rival. With his performance, Kolyada, who had finished first in the short program on Friday, qualified for next month's Grand Prix final in Japan.The Rostelecom Cup is the last of the six Grand Prix events during the Olympic season before the final on Dec. 9-12 in Osaka.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
River beat Racing to win Argentine league titleRiver Plate beat Racing 4-0 on Thursday to win the Argentine first division with three games to spare and secure the only major domestic title that had evaded coach Marcelo Gallardo.
Read more »
Ymer brothers seal Sweden victory, Croatia and France winBrothers Elias and Mikael Ymer comfortably won their singles rubbers against Canada as seven-times champions Sweden made a roaring start in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid on Thursday.
Read more »
Putin urges easing of Karabkh tensions in talks with Aliyev, PashinyanAzerbaijan's President Aliyev and Armenia's PM Pashinyan expressed readiness to start the process of demarcation and delimitation of their contested border during a meeting with Russia's Putin in Sochi.
Read more »
Deaf football team with unbreakable 'brotherhood' aims to make historyThese teens are on a winning streak — both on and off the field.
Read more »
Grand Hotels In Great Britain: A RebirthBritain has Victorian and Edwardian visionaries to thank for its grandest hotels and there's a new energy - and sense of inventment - in them.
Read more »
A Korean thriller just stole Squid Game’s most-watched Netflix show title'Hellbound' even reached the top spot in 24 hours; a feat that took 'Squid Game' eight days.
Read more »