TOKYO — Yuma Kagiyama of Japan recovered from an early fall in his free skate on Saturday to defend his title at the NHK Trophy. Italy’s Daniel Grassl moved up from fifth place with a strong free skate to finish second with 264.85 points while Japan’s Tatsuya Tsuboi was third with 251.52 points. In the women’s event, three-time world champion …
TOKYO — Defending champion Yuma Kagiyama performed a near-flawless routine on Friday to lead a Japanese sweep of the men’s figure skating short program at the NHK Trophy. “Today’s performance, from beginning to end, went just as planned.” Kagiyama’s compatriot Kao Miura was second with a personal-best 102.96 points while Tatsuya Tsuboi completed a sweep of the top three places …