Japan clinched a bronze medal in the figure skating team competition Monday at the Beijing Winter Olympics after Kaori Sakamoto finished second in the women's free skate section.The Russian Olympic Committee won gold with 74 points, nine points ahead of silver medalists the United States, with Japan a further two points back at the Capital Indoor Stadium."I was nervous when I found out the women's free skate was last (on the program), but I have been training so I felt better knowing I just had to replicate what I have been doing in practice," Sakamoto said."Thanks to everyone's hard work I…READ FULL ARTICLE