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OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Yukari Nakano rebounded from a fall in the opening seconds of the free program to take the women's championship Saturday at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition.
Nakano fell as she tried a triple axel on her opening jump. She converted five triple jumps later in the performance and finished with 158.66 points, edging countrywoman Fumie Suguri, who had 158.44.
"After I fell on the triple axel I hoped it would not affect my performance so I tried to forget about it," Nakano said. "I am happy that I won but it frustrates me that I didn't do the triple axel and that is one thing I have to work on."
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