Kimmie wrapped up her competition schedule for 2007-08 yesterday at the Japan Open.
Kimmie finished 4th with 109.5 points, just ahead of US National Champion Mirai Nagasu’s 108.42. Team USA’s Evan Lysacek won the men’s free skate. Overall, Team North America took 3rd with 481.81 points.
See the full results here, courtesy of the Ice Network.
Click here to see a picture of Kimmie performing her free skating at the competition. Watch her free skate below:
Kimmie will take to the ice for competition one more time this season. On April 20, 2008 she compete at the 2008 Japan Open at the Saitama Super Arena.
The Japan Open website is online here, but it probably won’t do you any good unless you know Japanese.
Other Americans making the trip include Mirai Nagasu, Evan Lysacek, and Todd Eldredge.
Hot off the presses is news that Kimmie has finished 7th overall at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
She did fall during her free skate, but performed well enough to move up 2 places from where she was after the short program. Japan’s Mao Asada took the gold from Italy’s Caroline Kostner, who settled for the silver. South Korea’s Yu-na Kim rounded out the podium with the bronze.
Bebe Liang finished 10th and Ashley Wagner 16th.
Team USA will not get the 3 spots for the 2009 World Champs in LA, that they are accustomed to. The top 2 girls’ finishes needed to add up to no more than 13 in order to maintain 3 spots. As you can see, the total was 17, so only two Americans will be on the 2009 roster.
