Figure skating: Miura, Kihara win pairs, Chiba leads women at GP Final

Japan's world champion figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara returned to the top of the Grand Prix Final podium Friday, while compatriot Mone Chiba took out the women's short program at IG Arena in Nagoya.Leading the field after the short program, Miura and Kihara were second in the free skate with a personal-best 147.89 points, giving them a season-best 225.21 total to finish ahead of Italy's Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii on 223.28.Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, runners-up to the Japanese pair at worlds in March, scored 149.57 to top the free skate and place…READ FULL ARTICLE