Baltimore Native Takes Home Bronze At U.S. Figure Skating World Junior Championships
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A Baltimore native took home a bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating World Junior Championships.
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— U.S. Figure Skating (@USFigureSkating) March 9, 2019
Ting Cui, 16, of Baltimore, becomes the first American lady to medal at the World Junior Championships since Gracie Gold won a silver in 2012.
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— U.S. Figure Skating (@USFigureSkating) March 9, 2019
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Cui has the fourth-highest short program score of any junior lady.
She began skating in 2009. Cui received a pewter medal after finishing fourth in the intermediate category at the 2015 U.S. Championships.
Two years later, she won silver in the novice ranks at the 2017 U.S. Championships.
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