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Sports Digest
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San Francisco Chronicle, Ed: Final, Sec: Sports, P. D3 |
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March 15, 1991 |
Copyright 1991 The San Francisco Chronicle
On a night of more quadruple jumps than in all previous world
championships, it seemed ironic that Canada's Kurt Browning -- the first
man to land it in competition -- should win the title without doing one.
The Canadian backed out of a quad but successfully completed three
triple-triple combinations in a stunning jumping performance in Munich,
Germany, that gave him the men's title yesterday in the World Figure
Skating Championships. Browning, 24, became the first man to win three
straight titles since Scott Hamilton of the United States did it from
1981-84.
Two-time European champion Viktor Petrenko of the Soviet Union, who led
going into the free skate, missed a triple jump. Petrenko, last year's
runner-up, scaled down his only triple-triple combination to a
triple-double and had to settle for a silver medal. He landed six triples
cleanly.
U.S. national champion Todd Eldredge clinched the bronze with a program
that included eight triples, ahead of Petr Barna of Czechoslovakia and
American Christopher Bowman.
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