Russia's Radionova keeps world junior title

Russia's Radionova keeps world junior title

Published Mar. 16, 2014 1:09 p.m. ET

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) Elena Radionova won her second straight gold medal at the world junior figure skating championships on Sunday, leading a medals sweep for Russia.

The 15-year-old Radionova scored 127.39 points in Sunday's program and totaled 194.29 to beat Serafima Sakhanovich. The bronze went to Evgenia Medvedeva.

Radionova became the first female to successfully defend a world junior title.

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