Hongo recovers from fall, places second in women’s short program

Rika Hongo stumbled on the ice and placed second on Thursday in the women’s figure skating short program at the Asian Winter Games. Hongo, the lone Japanese in the women’s event, scored 60.98 points to finish behind South Korea’s Choi Da-bin, who had 61.30. China’s Zhao Ziquan was third with 58.90. Skating to “O Fortuna” […]

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