More than 800 Figure Skaters Highlight the 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games kicked off their first full day of competition today in Lake Placid and the greater Adirondack region, where Jamestown Figure Skating Club athletes delivered standout performances. Tatiana Perebeinos earned bronze in the junior women’s event, while teammate Nora Petscher captured silver in novice women’s singles.
Perebeinos’ program featured a series of double rotation jumps to include a double loop, double lutz, and double flip, en route to a final score of 28.31 points by the panel of five judges.
Lilyann Hewitt, from the Skaneateles Figure Skating Club, won the competition’s gold medal, with 61.97 points, and Annabelle Hattori, who skated for the Genesee Figure Skating Club, won silver. Her final score was 37.46.
Petscher won the novice women’s singles silver medal with a final score of 59.75. A triple salchow and a combination double axel and single toe loop highlighted her performance.
Annabelle McKenzie, from the Skating Club of New York, captured the event’s gold medal. Skating the competition’s most technical program, which featured a double lutz, double toe loop and double loop jump combination, she earned 65.93 points from the judges.
The bronze medal was awarded to Skate Canada’s Rose Artelle. The panel of judges awarded her 54.96 points after she completed her program that featured one triple jump combination and two double jump combinations.
Complete figure skating competition results are available HERE.
The 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games continue through Sunday. The United States’ longest-running, multi-winter sports and festival features 2,500 winter athletes, ages eight to 80, from throughout the Empire State, New England, the northeast, and beyond competing in more than 20 winter sports in Lake Placid, Wilmington, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake, Utica, and Malone.
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Photos of the 46th Annual Empire State Winter Games can be found HERE.