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US ice dancers deny Japanese ‘legend’ Takahashi to win Four Continents gold

US ice dancers Caroline Green and Michael Parsons won their first gold in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn.

TALLINN: US ice dancers Caroline Green and Michael Parsons won gold in the Four Continents Figure Skatings Championships on Friday, denying Japanese figure skating legend Daisuke Takahashi who gave his country a first silver medal in the discipline with partner Kana Muramoto.

The Americans, competing in their first ISU competition as a team, led all the way to claim gold with 200.59 points overall after the free dance final in Tallinn.

Takahashi, the first Japanese man to win an Olympic figure skating medal and a world championship in 2010, before switching to ice dancing two years ago with Muramoto, settled for silver with 181.91 points.

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