Figure skating: Rio Nakata wins 2nd straight junior worlds with record score

Japan's Rio Nakata won back-to-back figure skating junior world championships on Friday, becoming the first male skater from the country to achieve the feat.The 17-year-old scored a junior worlds' record total of 268.47 points in Tallinn after logging 178.96 in the free skate, in which he landed a quadruple salchow and toe loop as well as two triple axels.His 89.51 in the short program and the score from the free skate were both junior world records in their respective segments."I'm really happy. I thought I'd won after finishing my performance mistake-free," Nakata said. "While I didn't th…READ FULL ARTICLE