Local figure skating champion C. Sree Abiraame has placed second in the Cubs B girls’ free-skating category of the Narva Cup 2021 in Estonia.

Bernama reported that the nine-year-old amassed 26.55 points to finish secound out of 16 skaters in the competition on Saturday.

Home skaters Arina Voevodina and Elizateva Martjukova placed first and third, respectively.

Sree, who has been training in Latvia since March last year, thanked Malaysians who have been supporting her. Her father, B, Chendren, did the same.

"Thank you to all Malaysians for blessing and supporting me," she reportedly said in a short video clip shared with the media yesterday.

The champion skater said that she would continue training hard to secure another win in the Thomas Cup in Lithuania on Nov 11.

It is worth noting that Sree has won more than 50 gold medals at various levels, in the field of figure skating.

In addition, she has also secured a sport in the Asia Book of Records as the Youngest to Win Medals in International Figure Skating in 2019, and Malaysia Book of Records as the Youngest to Win "Skate Asia" Figure Skating Competition (Female) in 2017.


Source: Bernama
Photo source: Sree Abiraame Facebook