Figure skating: Kihira looks to end sparkling GP season with flourish at Final

Sixteen-year-old Japanese starlet Rika Kihira will be looking to cap a sensational debut campaign on the ISU Grand Prix of figure skating circuit with victory in the concluding event which begins Thursday.Kihira goes into the elite Grand Prix Final in Vancouver brimming with confidence, having followed up her triumph in Japan at the NHK Trophy with a win at the Internationaux de France, the sixth and final leg of this season's Grand Prix series, last month.Victory in Vancouver would see Kihira become the first Japanese woman to win the Grand Prix Final on her debut season since now retired …READ FULL ARTICLE