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[sejpdw]

Just before the music ended, she went into a difficult triple toe loop. As she completed it, she heard the audience gasp. When her turn was over, applause filled the stadium, and she stood there, for a moment, in the center of the ice in the spotlight. As she skated off the ice, she waved to the crowd and quickly made her way [b]to the exit where [/b]her coach ran up to her and hugged. "You did it, Laurie!" she said. "You skated perfectly. You didn't make a single mistake!" Laurie didn't say anything, but she smiled as she took a seat and waited to see what marks the judges would give her. When the marks appeared, Laurie knew that she had beaten Jinny Jordan and everyone else.

Q: In 'the exit where...' of the above passage, I think comma must preced 'where' because 'where' clause seems to be used as a non-identifying clause (adding clause), not as an identifying clause.
What's your opinion?

[pugachevV]

I concur. You need a comma before "where".