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转一个Yahoo的报道 LEAD: Figure skating: Takahashi wins, Arakawa tops women's SP
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MEN'S FREE SKATE)
Daisuke Takahashi came from behind to win his first national title after the men's free skate on Saturday, edging out fellow former world junior champion Nobunari Oda in a twist of fate brought about by a judging mistake. Earlier in the women's short program, former world champion Shizuka Arakawa grabbed the lead with a technically superb routine, while teenage sensation Mao Asada botched a jump and placed third. In the men's event, Takahashi, second after Friday's short program, outperformed overnight leader Oda to prevail in the free skate on his way to a winning total of 223.12 points at Yoyogi national gymnasium. Takahashi had an anxious wait for about an hour after skating officials first declared Oda the winner and even held a medals ceremony, only to spot judging errors and reverse the results. Japan Skating Federation officials said Oda was found to have attempted triple jumps beyond the regulated limit in his long program and had 7.40 points deducted from his original total score of 226.10. Oda settled for second with 218.70 points, followed in third by Kensuke Nakaniwa with 200.62. Veteran Olympic skater Takeshi Honda, who will retire after this season, was fifth with 179.64. "I wanted to land a quadruple jump but failed. I got pretty nervous because an Olympic berth was at stake," Takahashi said. "It could have been easier if I had finished first in the short program." The victory gave Takahashi an edge in the race for the only spot given to Japan in the men's figure skating event at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Turin in February. The 19-year-old won Skate America, the opening leg of this year's Grand Prix series, but lost to Oda at the NHK Trophy earlier this month. He finished third over fourth-place Oda in the prestigious Grand Prix Final last week coming into the national championships. The JSF will pick Japanese representatives for the Turin Olympics after the women's free skate on Sunday. In the women's short program, Arakawa, who is aiming for her first Olympic appearance since 1998, collected 68.76 points to take first place ahead of Fumie Suguri, who earned 67.30. Asada, who at 15 is ineligible to skate in Turin, got 66.64 after her planned double axel ended up as a single axel. "I had made mistakes in the short program earlier this season, but I finally didn't make any," Arakawa said. "I'm satisfied more with my performance than my position. It was my best short program this season and hopefully my performance in the free skate will help take me to the Olympics." Asada, who upstaged two-time world champion Irina Slutskaya of Russia to win the Grand Prix Final last week, had a slow start in her bid for a first national title. "I tried that double axel too cautiously. Feeling tired at the last, I thought I would fall if I jumped hard," Asada said. "In the free skate, I'll do two triple axels and perform like I did in the Grand Prix Final." Yoshie Onda came fourth with 62.20 and Yukari Nakano, winner of the NHK Trophy three weeks ago, fifth with 61.46. Two-time defending champion Miki Ando was sixth with 60.24. Only 8.52 points separated the top six skaters as the race for three spots for the Turin Games comes down to the wire with the women's free skate at the national championships, the final leg of the Olympic qualifiers for Japanese figure skaters. Ando entered the championships at the top of the list with 1,865 points based on accumulated points from earlier meets in the qualifying process. Nakano is second with 1,643, followed by Onda (1,564), Arakawa (1,560) and S | 
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