Japan's seventeen-year-old Rika Kihira successfully defended her title after a tough competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on Saturday.

Home favorite You Young took the silver medal and Bradie Tennell of the United States claimed the bronze. 

Skating to "International Angel of Peace," she delivered an enthralling performance despite missing her first triple Axel and the following combination. As she topped the ranking with a total of 232.34 points, Kihira became the tournament's first women's champion to win consecutive titles.

"My goal was to get the first place twice in a row in this Four Continents Championship," Kihira said. "So, I became a little bit impatient because of my first mistake in the Axel. But I was able to re-calculate and re-assemble the structure of my performance."

In the performance, she went on to hit a triple Lutz and added the double toe loop combination back as she landed another triple Axel cleanly on the ice.

Right on the music, she cleanly landed a triple flip-triple toe loop-double toe loop combination and followed up with a strong triple flip-triple toe loop combination before she finished her free skate with a triple loop.

"I tried to switch my mind and focus on the next element right away after I did my first mistake. It was good experience for me to prepare for the next competition."

She didn't attempt a quad salchow, something she said she had been considering for her free skating.

Home favorite You Young did an incredible job skating to "Evita." She reeled off a triple Axel, as well as six clean triples. The 15-year-old Youth Olympic Games champion received a personal best score of 149.68 points and racked up 223.23 points, taking the silver medal. 

"I was very happy to do the triple Axel, and then there was no mistake in my jumps," You Young said.

"I'm the first Korean skater to have a medal after Yuna Kim and I feel very honored to be first since her and to achieve this in my home country," she added.

Bradie Tennell of the United States slipped from second to third place at 222.97 points overall, also nailing a fantastic performance with her trademark triple flip-double toe loop-double loop combination. 

She had a wobbly landing on her opening triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination but the overall performance was satisfying to her. 

"At this competition, I feel like I was able to relax and skate the way that I do every day. That's kind of been my goal not only this year, but also last year. I feel like I never quite achieved it last year."

"Breaking my season's best has given me a very good confidence boost," Tennell said.