Olympics: Kaori Sakamoto 3rd as Russians dominate women's short program

Russians claimed the top two places in the women's figure skating short program on Tuesday, but Japan's Kaori Sakamoto put herself into contention with a wonderful performance that secured third.Sakamoto scored 79.84 points, while her countrywoman Wakaba Higuchi also kept the Russian Olympic Committee athletes honest with a skate that was awarded 73.51, good enough for fifth.Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee shook off the doping controversy that has engulfed her to score 82.16 and take the lead. Her teammate, Anna Shcherbakova, received 80.20 and is second.The other Russian, A…READ FULL ARTICLE