BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese figure skating pair Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang claimed their second ISU Junior Grand Prix title on Friday night in Poland, following their triumph in Latvia in August.

With the two victories, the Chinese duo has qualified for the JGP Final.

After leading the short program, Zhang and Huang delivered a modern free skate "All for one", finishing a perfect triple twist as well as a throw triple flip and a throw triple loop. Despite some errors in their single jumps, the program went smooth and earned them 104.08 points. They ranked first with a total of 161.96 points.

Ukraine's Sofiia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi came second in 136.58 points, while Canada's Julia Quattrocchi/Simon Desmarais ranked third with 134.88.

In the women's competition, Japan's star Shimada Mao also won her second JGP title with 224.68 points, landing a triple Axel and a quad Toeloop in her free skate.

China's Yu Xinyi/Liu Tianyi ranked 12th after the rhythm dance. The free dance and the men's free skate competitions will be held on Saturday. Enditem

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