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USA, Japan, Italy, Georgia and Canada in medal contention
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The lowest free skate score this season for Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii is 130.92, but that was early on. In Grand Prix competition, their low was 134.89.
So they’ll need to be on point to knock the USA off the top spot. Will skating at home be a boost, or will it bring extra pressure?
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Allies hope aide’s departure can quell anger over Mandelson scandal but others say it leaves PM dangerously exposed
Keir Starmer is fighting to reassert control over his party after accepting the resignation of his closest adviser, Morgan McSweeney, amid anger over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.
After days of pressure over the scandal, his departing chief of staff said on Sunday he took “full responsibility” for his advice to send Mandelson to Washington despite his ongoing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, which McSweeney conceded had undermined trust in Labour and in politics itself.
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