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Acton Skater Competing in US Figure Skating Championships
Competition is taking place this weekend in Boston.
Twelve-year-old Iris Zhao, of Acton, will be competing against the nation's best this weekend as the U.S Figure Skating Championships return to Boston.
A middle-schooler, Zhao will compete in the Juvenile Girls group, coming off impressive finishes in the New England Regional (second) and Eastern Sectionals (fourth). Check out the US Championship schedule here.
Zhao trains at the Colonial Figure Skating Club in Boxborough, where Acton Patch caught up with her during a training session this past fall.
>>Read Acton Patch's profile of Iris Zhao.
Click on the video above to see a video of Iris at the New England Regionals, captured by her father, Shuguang Zhao.
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