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John Misha Petkevich faltered in his specialty, the free skating, and ended up fifth overall in the world men's figure skating championships yesterday at Lyons France...
...Petkevich, generally considered the most exciting free skater in the world, could only manage fourth in this part of the event. Last year he placed second. Petkevich was fifth Wednesday in the compulsory school figures, which constitute the other half of the championship...
Ondrej Nepal of Czechoslovakia turned in a flawless free skating performance, taking 5.9's (6.0 is perfect) from all the judges and won the men's title. Patrick Pera of Lyons. Sergei-Chetverukhin of Russia, and Jan Hoffman of East Germany were also ahead of Petkevich...
...Petkevich was not pleased with his performance. He over-rated on a double Salchaw, a jump that is one of the most difficult parts of his program, and he threw a single Lutz instead of a double...
...Petkevich has been hampered by an ankle injury sustained in the Nationals, and the jumps in his free skating program will probably irritate...