Ice skating: Advantage Eldredge
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Todd Eldredge drew first blood against Elvis Stojko of Canada, whom he deposed as champion last year, when the world figure skating championships began in Lausanne yesterday.
Both men fell during their routines but the American emerged with a victory in the first group of qualifying, which will reduce the field from 45 to 30 for the men's main event which begins on Wednesday.
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk of Ukraine was third with Andrei Vlascenko of Germany fourth, ahead of Azerbaijan's Igor Pashkevitch and Russia's Alexei Yagudin, who is 17 this month.
Eldredge, nursing a sprained ankle after landing a triple axel in practice 10 days ago, fell on that jump late in his routine. Stojko, champion in 1994 and 1995, tumbled trying a quadruple jump.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments