U.S.Women [#9]: Now That's What I'm F*@&%!$ Talking About!

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Mia Smith [J12 at Nationals; will turn 14 in June] won gold and Stella Vajda [J17; age 14] won silver in their international debuts at Denver Cup. Smith was impressive in her FS (94.29/141.46 total) yesterday, landing 7 clean triples: 3F+3T, 3Lz, 3S, 3Lz+2A+2A, 3Lo (received 3 bonus points). Both train at the Detroit Skating Club.

After the Junior SP the top 3 are Annabelle Wilkins [J13; age 14], Cleo Park [J11; age 16] and Anabel Wallace [S17; will be 18 in April] (WD: Kaya Tiernan [J8; age 16]). This is the international debut for both Wilkins and Wallace.

Today at Coupe du Printemps in Luxembourg, Deborah Liu [J9 at Nationals; will be 13 in April] 47.01 with 3Lz (+1.18), 3Lo+2Lo(-1.47) & 2A and Skylar Lautowa-Peguero [turned 13 last December] 45.89 with 3Lz (-1.77), 2A & 3Lo+2Lo (-0.82) currently are leading in the Adv. Novice Women SP.

Junior Women competing tomorrow are Sofia Bezkorovainaya [J6; age 15] and Hannah Kim [J3; 15 in July].

Coupe du Printemps in Luxembourg update:
Adv. Novice Women (19 competed):
GOLD Skylar Lautowa-Peguero 95.35 (6 of 7 triples clean: 3Lzb+3Tb -1.18, 3F, 3S, 3Lo+2Ab+2A, 3Lz, 3Lo)
SILVER Deborah Liu 121.50 1 2 (74.49 in FS)

Junior Women (26 competed):
5th Hannah Kim 146.74 (53.06 3rd in SP with 3F+3T<, 2A, 3Loq; 93.68 5th in FS)
6th Sofia Bezkorovainaya 143.75 (50.70 5th in SP with 3Lzq+2T, 3Lo, 2A; 93.05 6th in FS)
(FS protocols are not yet published online/still missing.)

Denver Cup International update (6 competed):
1st Cleo Park 160.49 2 1 (109.66 in FS with 6 clean triples: 3F, 3Lz, 3Lo, 3Lo<+2A+2A, 3F+2T, 3T, 3S+2T; 3 L4 spins; Damon Allen was by the boards for her)
2nd Annabelle Wilkins 150.83 1 2 (98.97 with 4 clean triples in FS: 3Lz+2T, 3F!q, 3Lo, 3Lo< fall, 3T<<, 3S+2A+2A, 3T+2T)
3rd Anabel Wallace 133.77 3 3 (87.52 in FS)

ETA that Cleo has confirmed a coaching and training location change from Anaheim, CA to Colorado Springs in her post:

Cleo Park on Instagram: "Grateful to @usfigureskating for the opportunity to compete at the 2026 Denver Cup International. A big thank you to all the coaches @tammyg92373, @leifurmb, @damonenrique, @coach.lgs, Tatiana ,and skaters at Broadmoor World

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