Figure skating: Ex-world champ Takahashi finishes 3rd in competitive return

Former figure skating world champion Daisuke Takahashi finished third in his competitive return at a regional competition in western Japan on Monday.The Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist, competing in his first meet in four years, opened his free program with a triple flip-triple toe loop combination. But he fell while attempting a triple axel at the Kinki Championship."My feet stopped moving. Not having enough training time may have been the reason," he said.Having held the lead after Sunday's short program, the 32-year-old Takahashi scored a total of 195.82 points for a third-place finish…READ FULL ARTICLE