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Gracie Gold of the United States. [PhotoIC]
SHANGHAI - The medal drought for American singles skaters at the figure skating world championships grew even longer after a couple of near-misses on Saturday.


Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner narrowly missed out on medals in the women's event cheap nike react element 87 white , finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, while Jason Brown finished fourth in the men's event.


It's been nine years since an American woman won a medal at worlds and six years since an American man has been on the podium.


Though they fell just short, Gold and Wagner were pleased with the way they recovered after their spotty performances in the short program to end the season on a positive note.


Gold was second in the free skate Saturday to improve from eighth place to fourth overall, while Wagner jumped from 11th to fifth.


"It's what I kind of hoped to do is skate strong and be tough," Gold said. "Ten out of 10 times you'll land a jump and to miss it when it matters is frustrating."


The 19-year-old Gold has missed her share of jumps this season. After losing to Wagner to relinquish her US national title in January cheap nike react element 87 light bone , she had one of her worst performances of the season at the Four Continents Championships, failing to medal at an event she was expected to easily win.


Her season had started off promisingly enough with her first Grand Prix win at the NHK Trophy in Japan. But a small stress fracture in her foot forced her to pull out of the Grand Prix Finals in December and she has struggled to find her rhythm ever since.


"This year was a little more rough and tumble for me," she said. "I'm used to being at least consistently going up, maybe a little down. Wiping the ice at the Four Continents event and breaking a foot aren't really in my usual plans."


Wagner described her season similarly - too many ups and downs. The veteran skater earned a career-rejuvenating win at the US Nationals, but she was unhappy with other skates at the Grand Prix Finals and in the short program at worlds.


"Today was a huge accomplishment for me," she said. "It might sound silly because I'm 23 years old cheap nike react element 87 black , but I'm still learning in this sport. I was a late bloomer. To go out there under such immense pressure, to redeem myself in a way, that's something I'm very proud of."


Brown, the 20-year-old newly crowned US champion, was competing in his first worlds. He believes he can build on his experience in Shanghai, as well as last year's Sochi Olympics cheap air max 96 , to get ready for the next worlds, which are on home soil in Boston in 2016.


"I couldn't be more excited. I am fourth in the world," he said. "I did everything perfectly and I'll take what I learned from there."


For the other Americans, Polina Edmunds finished eighth in the women's event, and Adam Rippon was eighth and Joshua Farris 11th in the men's.

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KABUL, June 25 (Xinhua) -- ""My utmost desire in my life is to see the end of the lingering crisis and lasting peace returning in my homeland Afghanistan cheap air max penny 1 ,"" 50-year-old Kabul resident, Khalilullah, whispered after offering Eidul-Fitr prayer in a local mosque here on Sunday.


Coming out of the mosque where hundreds of the faithful offered their Eidul-Fitr prayer amid tight security to mark the end of Ramadan - the Muslim fasting month, Khalilullah lamented that this month had been a bloody month for Afghanistan, and he expressed the hope that Eidul-Fitr holidays would be peaceful for people to enjoy life.


On May 31, a powerful car bomb that rocked Kabul left more than 150 people cheap air max 360 , mostly civilians, dead and more than 400 others injured.


Terrorists in Afghanistan attacked at least two mosques and a funeral ceremony during the month of Ramadan, killing and injuring scores of fasting people including women and children.


""Enough is enough, we have been fed up with war and insurgency in our country,"" lamented Khalilullah.


""How long we should be the victims of terrorist attacks?"" questioned the angry man.


Afghans offered their Eidul-Fitr prayer amid tight security as the government has put all possible measures in place to ensure security during Eid holidays and festivals.


Spokesman for Interior Ministry, Najib Danish cheap air force 270 white , said that the security measures had been beefed up ahead of Eidul-Fitr and police had been deployed in sensitive areas to ensure the safety of mosques, recreational places, streets and roads to make sure people enjoy Eid festivals in a peaceful environment.


""Likewise today, I am hopeful to have peace and security every day,"" another Kabul resident, Hajji Mohammad Rafiq cheap air force 270 black , 65, told Xinhua.


Appreciating the government for providing security ahead of Eidul-Fitr, Rafiq murmured that the security apparatus is capable of providing perfect security if there is ""perfect harmony and cooperation"" among security organs in the country.


President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, in his message to the nation after performing Eid prayer, called upon Taliban militants to give up fighting and join the peace process, an offer that had been rebuffed by the armed militant outfit as impossible in the presence of U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan in the past.


""This is my earnest desire to have lasting peaceful life like we have today to celebrate Eidul-Fitr festival and my praying is to have lasting peace here in Afghanistan cheap air force 270 ,"" said the shaking Rafiq.


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