Russia's two-time world champion Evgenia Medvedeva leads after the women's short program of the NHK Trophy figure skating competition on Friday, while Japan's Rika Hongo sits in fourth and Satoko Miyahara in sixth.Medvedeva, skating last among 12 contestants, pulled off a clean program featuring a triple flip-triple toe loop combination at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium to score 79.99 points, ahead of 2014 Sochi Olympic bronze medalist Carolina Kostner of Italy with 74.57.Miyahara, making a comeback after about 11 months out of competition with a stress fracture in her left groin area, h…READ FULL ARTICLE
