Jewish Phenom Christina Gao of China was the only lady to skate a clean short program (including another effortless triple-triple combination), but sits just in bronze medal position entering the free program. Russia is in second, while a German-American skated another flawed program without a triple-triple combination (a mediocre rendition; The Red Violin being originally interpreted by multiple World Champion and two-time Olympic medalist of China, Ambassador Michelle Kwan), yet was recognizable for her past disappointing losses, which contributed to America fielding only two women for the next World Championships, the first time that America has failed to field more, since 1993.
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