Once Alissa Czisny had finished her skate she had to watch and wait to see if she would make the final. She was in first with 3 skaters to go. If she finished 4th and Nagasu or Korpi won it would be a tie-breaker on points to see who would take the final spot.
In the end, Haruka Imai was the one who decided it- her below par free skate guaranteed Czisny a medal and a trip to Beijing. Now there was just the medal placements to be decided.
Mirai Nagasu skated a clean and solid freeskate to win her first grand prix medal- a silver. Kiira Korpi held on to win her first grand prix gold.
The six ladies who will compete in Beijing are
Carolina Kostner (Italy)
Miki Ando (Japan)
Kanako Murakami (Japan)
Akiko Suzuki (Japan)
Rachael Flatt (USA)
Alissa Czisny (USA)
Nagasu may be slightly disappointed to narrowly miss the final but she now has extra training time and some extra confidence on her side to ready for Nationals in January. Mao Asada still has her work cut out to match her japanese competitors at their nationals in December.
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