Japan's Rika Kihira is set to miss the Beijing Winter Olympics after she failed to recover from a right ankle injury in time for this week's qualifying event, the national championships, a source close to the matter said Monday.Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan's two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's event, is set to return from an injury layoff, sources close to the matter said.Kihira has been nursing the pain since July, but the winner of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in December 2018 is now set to wait another four years for her games debut.It is a bitter blow for the 19-year-old, w…READ FULL ARTICLE
