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Baltimore Native Takes Home Bronze At U.S. Figure Skating World Junior Championships

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A Baltimore native took home a bronze medal at the United States Figure Skating World Junior Championships.

Ting Cui, 16, of Baltimore, becomes the first American lady to medal at the World Junior Championships since Gracie Gold won a silver in 2012.

Cui has the fourth-highest short program score of any junior lady.

She began skating in 2009. Cui received a pewter medal after finishing fourth in the intermediate category at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

Two years later, she won silver in the novice ranks at the 2017 U.S. Championships.

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