Figure skating: Japan's Shoma Uno wins 2nd straight world championship

Japan's Shoma Uno repeated as men's figure skating world champion Saturday, scoring 196.51 in the free skate for a winning total of 301.14.The Beijing Winter Olympic bronze medalist finished 5.11 points ahead of South Korea's Cha Jun Hwan, with 18-year-old rising American star Ilia Malinin rounding out the podium on 288.44.Uno's victory capped off a successful ISU World Figure Skating Championships for the host nation at Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo.Kaori Sakamoto also went back-to-back as women's champion, while Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won Japan's maiden pairs world title.Despite d…READ FULL ARTICLE