Japan's Shoma Uno was pleased with his short skate on the first day of the figure skating team competition Friday, but quickly sought to play down the significance of the huge score deficit between he and his rivals ahead of the men's singles at the Pyeongchang Games.Uno recovered from an early blip to top the short program standings with 103.25 points, well ahead of the likes of three-time world champion Patrick Chan and American quad king Nathan Chen to put Japan in third place.Chan and Chen both had error-riddled skates. Uno himself had a shaky start, falling on his opening quadruple fli…READ FULL ARTICLE
