21. Hughes, fourth after the short, vaulted into second despite a lethargic effort and a heavy fall on a triple loop. 22. In the artistic portion, however, she needed to brace herself against a wall after executing a triple loop. 23. Ina had to bend deep to save the landing on a throw triple loop and then quickly stepped out. 24. Luckily, she was not going full speed for the triple loop, although she hit the boards hard. 25. She was not injured, and she did do several elements of her program, including a triple loop well after her music finished. 26. Sarah Hughes, the other American entry who beat both Kwan and Slutskaya at Skate Canada, was fourth after falling on triple loop. 27. She fell on side-by-side triple toe loops, and then went down again on a throw triple loop. 28. She did seven triple jumps, though the landing on her triple loop was a little shaky. 29. She landed three triple jumps cleanly, but turned two other triples into doubles and fell out of her last jump, a triple loop. 30. She nailed her triple lutz-double toe loop combination and triple loop jumps. |