German-born skater Julia Sauter, who competed for Romania at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, achieved the best results in the country\u2019s history in women\u2019s Olympic figure skating. She\u00a0finished the competition in 17th place, with a personal best in the free program of 127.80 points and a total of 190.93 points, the best result of her career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am still speechless about the memories I created with my team. It was a wonderful and emotional experience. Thank you all for the support, I am only grateful and blessed,\u201d Julia Sauter wrote Friday, February 20, a few hours after the end of the Olympic event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sauter\u2019s free program opened with a confident triple Lutz, then continued with triple-double combinations. In total, she included six triple jumps, ambitious technical content that brought her 66.28 points in the technical score, according to G4Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n The step sequence and spins received a level 4 grading, and in the artistic components, her performance was appreciated for composition (7.54), presentation (7.86), and skating skills (7.64), totaling 61.52 points.<\/p>\n The student coached by Roxana Luca surpassed her coach\u2019s performance at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics (23rd place), setting a new benchmark for Romania in the women\u2019s Olympic competition.<\/p>\n The Olympic title was won by reigning world champion Alysa Liu (United States of America). The silver went to multiple world champion Kaori Sakamoto, and the bronze was obtained by the teenager Amy Nakai, both from Japan.<\/p>\n