The ladies' single figure skating competition of the

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was held at the

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. The short program was held on 21 February, and the

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was held on 23 February.

Records

For a complete list of figure skating records, see

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. The following new best scores were set during this competition: The

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set two subsequent world records in the short program on February 21, with

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scoring 81.61 and then

Alina Zagitova Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( rus, Алина Ильназовна Загитова, , ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian figure skater of Volga- Tatar origin. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, ...

scoring 82.92 ten minutes later.

Qualification

A total of 30 skaters qualified to compete in the event, with each country allowed to only enter a maximum of three. 24 quotas were handed out during the

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and the remaining six were given out at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Each country decided the entry of its teams, and athletes winning the quota were not necessarily granted the right to compete. All athletes competing must have met the minimum total elements score, which does not include component scores. For the short program this was 20.00 and the free skate 36.00.

Schedule

All times are (

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Results

Short program

The short program was held on 21 February.

Free skating

The free skating was held on 23 February. * Evgenia Medvedeva finished at higher place due to better program component score

Overall

The skaters were ranked according to their overall score.Final results
/ref> TP - Total points; SP - Short program; FS - Free skating

References

Citations

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