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Rochette 4th after short program at Grand Prix finalskip to main content (press enter)Current WeatherCharlottetownChange weather location2C CloudyCBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Rochette 4th after short program at Grand Prix finalLast Updated Friday December 4 2009 1132 AM ET By Brandon Hicks CBC Sports Candas Joannie Rochette was fourth after the short program at the Grand Prix finals (Toru YamanakaAFPGetty Images)Canadas Joannie Rochette is fourth after the short program at the Grand Prix figureskating final in Tokyo on Friday as Japans Miki Ando became the surprising leader after a rare mistake by world champion Kim Yuna of South KoreaRochette of lle Dupas Que had trouble with some of her landings that affected her on the scoreboard finishing with a 6094 score She is coming off earning a gold medal at the Skate Canada Grand Prix event in late November in Kitchener OntKim who had gold medals at the Trope Bompard and Skate America to finish first overall in the womens standings singled a triple flip on her second element and finished with 6564 points giving Ando the lead at 6620I fell in practice and that affected me Kim said I was nervous and wasnt able to do the triple flip but other than that I was pleased with my routine and I look forward to tomorrowAndo decided to do a triple lutz double loop combination instead of a planned tripletriple on her opening element but successfully completed the rest of her program to finish with 6620 pointsI wanted to do the tripletriple but the first landing of the triple didnt feel right Ando said So I changed it to a double and everything was fine after thatRussias Alena Leonova was third after the short program with 6160 pointsWith files from The Associated Press REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK RelatedInternal LinksResults Grand Prix Final Canadas Virtue Moir win silver at Grand Prix final Japans Takahashi 1st after mens short at Grand Prix final Figure Skating HeadlinesTop Headlines ...