Olympics: Japan pursues U.S. in figure skating team final as Kagiyama stars

Japan began the figure skating team event final in second at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday after its qualifying round concluded with a crowd-pleasing men's short program battle between Yuma Kagiyama and American games debutant Ilia Malinin.In the first event of the final, Japanese ice dancers Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita scored 98.55 points in their free dance at Milano Ice Skating Arena, ranking the Japanese duo last among the five qualified nations.With the scores from qualifying carried over to the final, Japan sits second on 39 points, behind the United States on 44. …READ FULL ARTICLE