Figure skating: Mihara edges Kihira for lead in women's SP in France

Japan's Mai Mihara seized top spot in the women's short program on Friday at the Internationaux de France, edging out compatriot Rika Kihira to take a narrow lead in the sixth and final leg of this season's Grand Prix series.Mihara scored 67.95 points ahead of Kihira in second spot with 67.64. Russian two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva was third with 67.55 and Japan's Marin Honda had a personal-best short program score of 65.37 for fourth.Skating to "It's Magic", Mihara nailed a triple flip and a double axel but under-rotated her triple lutz-triple toeloop."I am disappointed that I u…READ FULL ARTICLE