Miki Ando of Japan wins gold at world championship
By Associated Press
Apr 30, 2011 8:35 AM CDT
Miki Ando of Japan wins gold at world championship
Japan's Miki Ando performs her free program at the ISU Figure Skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)   (Associated Press)

Miki Ando of Japan has won the gold at the figure skating world championships in Moscow, her second world title.

Olympic champion Kim Yu-na 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.

Ando also won the 2007 world champion title.

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