Figure skating: Satoko Miyahara savors fulfilling career upon retirement

Four-time Japanese national figure skating champion Satoko Miyahara retired with her head held high Friday as she looked ahead to a new career as a pro skater.Miyahara, the 2015 world championships runner-up at the age of 17, won four straight national titles from 2014 to 2017 and was fourth at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics in the women's competition.The 24-year-old, who was second at the ISU Grand Prix Finals in 2015 and 2016, decided to call it quits after finishing fifth at December's nationals and missing out on February's Beijing Olympics."I was able to pursue a fulfilling competitive …READ FULL ARTICLE