Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara on Friday placed eighth in the Beijing Olympics pairs figure skating short program after a costly error on a jump, but they are set on putting the performance behind them to focus on the free skate.The Japanese pair scored 70.85 points after Miura failed to execute a triple toe loop and instead completed a double. At the end of the night's competition, they sat 13.56 points behind leaders Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China, the reigning Olympic silver medalists, who scored 84.41.Two Russian Olympic Committee pairs also scored in the 80s and remain in con…READ FULL ARTICLE
