Complex sentence: At the 2004 World Championships, after a difficult qualifying round, Kwan was penalized in her short program for going two seconds over time which caused her to place 4th going into the long program behind American Sasha Cohen, Japan's Shizuka Arakawa, and Miki Ando.
Split into simpler sentences: At the 2004 World Championships, after a difficult qualifying round, Kwan was penalized in her short program for going two seconds over the time limit. This caused her to place fourth going into the long program, behind American Sasha Cohen, Japan's Shizuka Arakawa, and Miki Ando.