Figure Skating

Midori Ito of Japan beat world champion Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States in the women’s singles at the Lalique Trophy figure skating competition at Albertville, France.

Three-time world champion Kurt Browning of Canada rallied to win the men’s final, beating Viacheslav Zagorodniuk of the Soviet Union.

Angelika Krylova and Vladimir Fedorov gained the second Soviet gold medal by winning the ice dance event.

Ito, the 1989 world champion, won Saturday’s final free skating to move past Yamaguchi in the warmup for the Winter Olympics. Yamaguchi led after Friday’s free program, which counted for one-third of the score.

Ito received a perfect 6.0 for technical merit from one of the nine judges. Her program included a triple axel-double toe loop combination. Her other marks were in the 5.7-5.9 range.

Yamaguchi’s top combination was a triple lutz-toe loop, not quite as difficult as the 3 1/2-revolution triple axel that Ito does in combination with a another jump.

Yamaguchi, who led a 1-2-3 sweep of the women’s event for the United States in this year’s world championships, dropped to second after falling during her routine to Spanish music.