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