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01/25 09:50 CST Japan's Kao Miura wins Four Continents figure skating
championship in Olympic tuneup
Japan's Kao Miura wins Four Continents figure skating championship in Olympic
tuneup
BEIJING (AP) --- Kao Miura of Japan won the Four Continents Figure Skating
Championships on Sunday in his final tuneup for the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Performing to "Umbrellas of Cherbourg," a 1960s musical drama, Miura finished
his free skate with a total of 273.73 points to edge Junhwan Cha by the
slimmest of margins. The South Korean skater won the free skate to vault from
sixth place after his short program into second place with a total score of
273.62 points.
Sota Yamamoto of Japan finished third with 270.07 points at the National Indoor
Stadium in Beijing.
Miura and Cha are both headed to the Milan Cortina Games, where figure skating
begins with the team event in less than two weeks. So are Mikhail Shaidorov of
Kazakhstan, who finished fifth at Four Continents, and Boyang Jin of China, who
finished sixth.
The top three American men's skaters skipped the competition in China, choosing
instead to rest before the Winter Games. Tomoki Hiwatashi was the top U.S.
finisher in seventh, with compatriots Jacob Sanchez in eighth and Liam Kapeikis
in 10th.
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