Murakami runs away with Asian Games Gold

Japan's Kanako Murakami won her second major international gold  of the season in Astana after her win at Skate America in November. The 16 year old posted an impressive score of 122.56 in the free skate to finish 10 points ahead of Haruka Imai. Korea's Min-Jeong Kwak took the bronze, her first medal at a senior international competition.

Murakami and Kwak will both be competing at the World Championships in Tokyo next month.

Rank	Name	Nation	Short Program		Free Skating					Total Score	Remark
			Rank	Seg. Score	Rank	Tech.El. Score	Pres. Score	Deduc.	Seg. Score
1	MURAKAMI Kanako	JPN	1	54.48	1	65.53	57.03		122.56	177.04
2	IMAI Haruka	JPN	2	54.02	2	58.62	54.36		112.98	167.00
3	KWAK Min-Jeong	KOR	3	52.65	3	44.91	50.39		95.30	147.95
4	ZHANG Kexin	CHN	4	47.74	4	48.75	45.53		94.28	142.02
5	GENG Bingwa	CHN	5	47.18	5	46.11	48.75	1.00	93.86	141.04
6	KIM Chae-Hwa	KOR	6	45.74	6	37.23	44.51		81.74	127.48
7	COSTINIANO Zhaira	PHI	7	41.27	7	40.95	39.88		80.83	122.10
8	PRILEPKO Kristina	KAZ	10	36.23	8	34.00	39.36	1.00	72.36	108.59
9	CHINDASOOK Mimi Tanasorn	THA	9	40.55	9	30.88	36.59	1.00	66.47	107.02
10	KHOPON Sandra	THA	11	34.46	10	30.06	32.84		62.90	97.36
11	VENZON Mericien	PHI	12	31.95	12	24.37	37.32		61.69	93.64
12	LIU Chao Chih	TPE	13	30.39	11	28.78	34.05	1.00	61.83	92.22
13	SUNYOTO-YANG Amanda	TPE	14	28.17	14	25.92	31.88		57.80	85.97
14	SHISHKINA Marina	KAZ	15	25.61	13	27.81	31.25		59.06	84.67
15	CHING Siau Chian	MAS	16	22.33	15	17.89	27.77		45.66	67.99
16	GANSUKH Maral-Erdene	MGL	17	19.09	16	17.55	23.70		41.25	60.34
	GIMAZETDINOVA Anastasia	UZB	8	40.59						40.59	WD