Kaori Sakamoto delivered a triumphant farewell performance at the Japanese national figure skating championships on Sunday, qualifying for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics by winning her fifth straight women's singles crown and sixth overall at Tokyo's Yoyogi National Stadium.The 2022 Beijing Olympic bronze medalist, who is retiring after this season, followed her first-place finish in Friday's short program with the highest free skate score of 154.93 to total a season-best 234.36.Three-time junior world champion Mao Shimada totaled 228.08 to finish runner-up for the second year in a row, …READ FULL ARTICLE
