Figure skating: Japan's Mihara 2nd after SP at Grand Prix in Finland

Japan's Mai Mihara achieved a personal-best 73.58 points in the women's short program Friday to sit second at the ISU's figure skating Grand Prix Espoo in Finland.Compatriot Mana Kawabe is third on 67.03, and Rika Kihira sixth with 64.07. Belgium's Loena Hendrickx, the silver medalist at last season's world championships, won the short program with a 74.88.This meet, the sixth and final stop on the circuit, will determine the six singles and couples in each discipline to qualify for December's Grand Prix Final in Turin.Mihara, who won her first Grand Prix event at the MK John Wilson Trophy …READ FULL ARTICLE