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Salt Lake 2002 FS (Aus.) | Sarah Hughes (USA) stuns skating world

Australian coverage (commentators: Sandy Roberts, Belinda Trussell (Noonan)) Highlights from the Salt Lake 2002 Ladies/Women's Free Skate (FS), performance(s) shown here marked (^) below: Rank Name Nation Points SP FS^ 1 Sarah Hughes United States 3.0 4 1^ -- Friday, 22 February, 2002, 05:26 GMT Hughes stuns skating world By BBC Sport Online's J. Cowling American Sarah Hughes has shocked the skating world by upsetting the favourites, her compatriot Michelle Kwan and Russia's Irina Slutkaya, to capture the gold medal in the ladies figure skating competition. Hughes put in the performance of a lifetime which included seven triple jumps, five in combination, to win the most coveted prize in figure skating. "It's something I've always dreamed of," said Hughes, who was third at worlds last year behind Kwan and Slutskaya. Hughes added, "Just to be able to skate tonight. I didn't want to skate for a gold medal. I went out and had a great time. I said, 'This is the [Games]. I want to do the best.'" And best she was. Her two stunning triple, triple combinations were very high and almost perfectly executed. The 16-year-old reigning World bronze medallist won five first place marks to move from fourth to first. It was a performance that was reminiscent of American Tara Lipinski when she outperformed Michelle Kwan four years ago in Nagano. The judges awarded her marks of 5.7's and 5.8's for technical merit and a 5.6 up to a 5.8 for presentation. -- #figureskating #フィギュアスケート #eiskunstlauf #фигурноекатание #피겨스케이팅 #pattinaggioartistico #patinageartistique thanks to Kim!