"Amber Glenn overcame neck pain to beat her world champion US teammate Alysa Liu and win the figure skating Cup of China for the second straight year Saturday. Glenn, the US national champion, clutched her neck after finishing her free skate, in which she recovered from a shaky landing on a triple toeloop near the start. Glenn had been in third after Friday's short program,"
"Liu slipped back to second with a total 212.07 points to Glenn's 214.78 after a wobbly landing on a triple flip, while Watanabe only just stayed on the podium, dropping to third after delivering only the fifth-best free skate score. Glenn said she felt incredible and that she was really excited for my teammate and I to be first and second on the podium."
"Japan's Shun Sato won the Cup of China men's event for the second year running, landing three quadruple jumps in a clean free skate for a total 278.12, staying ahead of Italy's Daniel Grassl on 269.43. Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov on 262.67 after falling on his last jump. In ice dance, world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their first Cup of China at the sixth attempt, scoring a total 208.25"
Amber Glenn overcame neck pain and a shaky triple toeloop landing to win the Cup of China for the second consecutive year, finishing with 214.78 points. Glenn had been third after the short program and had to wait for Alysa Liu and Rinka Watanabe to complete their free skates. Liu slipped to second with 212.07 after a wobbly triple flip, while Watanabe dropped to third despite a strong showing. Japan's Shun Sato won the men's event with three clean quadruple jumps for 278.12. Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the ice dance title with 208.25. The Cup of China is the second Grand Prix event leading to the final and serves as key Olympic preparation.
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