Article: SKATE: Liu finishes seventh at world championships

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SKATE: Liu finishes seventh at world championships

MELBOURNE, March 22 AAP - Anthony Liu has finished seventh at the world figure skating championships, the best ever result by an Australian.

The two-time Olympian improved four places overnight after a superb long program in Nagano, Japan, where he successfully landed both his quad jump and triple axel.

No Australian had ever previously finished higher than tenth at a world championships or Olympic Games.

Liu was tenth at last month's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

"Anthony showed he had the ability to match it with the elite of the ...

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