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Russian figure-skater beats world record in the ladies' short program score

Figure-skater Yevgenia Medvedeva scored 79.44
Yevgenia Medvedeva Mikhail Japaridze/TASS
Yevgenia Medvedeva
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YEKATERINBURG, December 25. /TASS/. Figure-skater Yevgenia Medvedeva on Friday beat the world record for the ladies' short program score (79.44) at the Russian championships in Yekaterinburg.

The previous record of 78.66 was established by Japan’s Mao Asada at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships.