KUALA LUMPUR: Young national figure-skater C. Sree Abiraame put on a dazzling performance to finish runner-up in the Cubs B girls’ free-skating category of the Narva Cup 2021 in Estonia.

       The nine-year-old amassed 26.55 points to finish second out of 16 skaters, with home skater Arina Voevodina clinching the title in the seventh edition of the competition on Saturday with 29.10 points.

       Arina’s compatriot, Elizaveta Martjukova, came in third with 26.52 points.

       A jubilant Sree, who has been training in Latvia since March last year, was elated with her second-place finish in Estonia and thanked Malaysians who have been supporting her.

       “Thank you to all Malaysians for (your) blessings and for supporting me,” she said, with a beaming smile, in a short video shared with the media yesterday.

       Sree said she would continue to train hard and try to dance her way to another success when she competes in the Thomas Cup in Lithuania on Nov 11.

       Her father B. Chendren expressed his gratitude to all Malaysians for their support for his daughter and hoped they would continue to do so when Sree competes in Lithuania next week.

       Having won more than 50 gold medals at various levels, Sree has carved her name in the Asia Book of Records as the Youngest to Win Medals in International Figure Skating in 2019 and in the Malaysia Book of Records as the Youngest to Win “Skate Asia” Figure Skating Competition (Female) in 2017.