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Canada’s Kaiya Ruiter finished in sixth place in the women’s competition at the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating competition on Saturday.

The 13-year-old from Calgary had 159.07 points in her second career Junior GP appearance. Kseniia Sinitsyna took the gold with 215.58 points and Russian teammate Anna Frolova was second at 176.21.

Alessia Tornaghi of Italy surged from seventh after Friday’s short program to third with 175.93 points.

In men’s competition, Daniel Grassl of Italy took the gold medal ahead of Peter Gumennik of Russia and Ivan Shmuratko of Ukraine.

Wesley Chiu of Richmond, B.C., was 13th.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 5, 2019.

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