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Gracie Gold of the United States performs during the ladies short program at the World Figure Skating Championships Thursday, March 14, 2013, in London, Ontario. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Gracie Gold of the United States performs during the ladies short program at the World Figure Skating Championships Thursday, March 14, 2013, in London, Ontario. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Gracie Gold of the United States performs during the ladies short program at the World Figure Skating Championships Thursday, March 14, 2013, in London, Ontario. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Gracie Gold of the United States performs during the ladies short program at the World Figure Skating Championships Thursday, March 14, 2013, in London, Ontario. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Gracie Gold, from the United States, performs her routine during the ladies short program at the World Figure Skating Championships Thursday, March 14, 2013, in London, Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

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LONDON, Ontario — Gracie Gold knows what she wants.This is the U.S. runner-up's first trip to worlds, and the Elk Grove Village-based skater can't help but be a bit starstruck at sharing a crowded locker room with Olympic champion Kim Yu-na and Mao Asada. "I watched them in 2008, 2009 and 2010, leading up to the Olympics," the 17-year-old said. "They were kind of idolized, so to be sitting next to them is still a little bit intimidating." Kim in particular."She was my idol," Gold admitted. "I'm kind of waiting to ask for a picture." She'll have plenty of chances if she continues to skate like she did Thursday.

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