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SAITAMA, Japan -- European champions Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte received 69.70 points to finish first in the short program. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., trailed by half a point. Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France were third on 68.20. "This is definitely where we want to be, in the attacking position of the top spot, because we feel that we put great work into this season especially and we want to end on a high note and put out two solid performances," said Poje. Torontos Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., were 10th with 59.42 points. Alexandra Paul of Midhurst, Ont., and Mitchell Islam of Barrie, Ont., scored 57.68 points for 11th place heading into Saturdays free dance. Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, the top-ranked Russians, were forced to withdraw after Soloviev injured his groin in the morning practice. Defending champions and Olympic gold medallists Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States were not taking part. The ice dance concludes on Saturday with the free dance. Japanese teenager Yuzuru Hanyu came back with a brilliant free skate to become the first man in 12 years on Friday to win the Olympic and world figure skating titles in the same year. The 19-year-old Hanyu, who trailed compatriot Tatsuki Machida by nearly seven points after the world championships short program, produced a near-flawless free skate to finish with 282.59 points, just three-tenths of a point ahead of Machida. Javier Fernandez of Spain was third with 275.93. "That was very close," Hanyu said. "I work hard to become a skater who can always end with strong performances. I felt the responsibility to win the event." Hanyu fell twice during the free skate at the Sochi Olympics but had no falls on Friday. Skating to "Romeo and Juliet," he opened with a quad salchow and followed with a quad toeloop. His only deduction came on the triple flip and he got extra points on five straight jumps. The mens Olympic-worlds double was last achieved by Alexei Yagudin in 2002. Machida captured his first major medal with a graceful performance to Stravinskis "Firebird." "I showed everything I have at this moment," Machida said. "I tried to perform without caring about the score or ranking but it got into my head and I had a really tough four minutes." Fernandez, who was fourth in Sochi, was deducted points when he singled a planned triple lutz. "I popped the triple lutz," Fernandez said. "And I didnt do my quad salchow triple toeloop combination, but still it was a good program even though Yuzuru did better than me." Maxim Kotvun of Russia was fourth followed by Jeremy Abbott of the United States. Canadian Patrick Chan, who had won the last three world titles, decided to skip this years competition. Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., was the top Canadian in 11th place. Its been a tough season for Reynolds, who struggled with ill-fitting skates for several months. "The whole season was a giant learning experience, and I can take from that knowing I can still skate my best even though Im not feeling even close to where Id like to be in terms of being comfortable and being ready, being prepared," said Reynolds. "What I can take away from this is that even if Im not feeling 100 per cent, I know that I can still do the job, and that should give me confidence when I do feel good." World junior champion Nam Nguyen of Toronto was 12th while Elladj Balde of Pierrefonds, Que., was 18th. "Skating in front of 20,000 plus people, its amazing," said the 15-year-old Nguyen. "Im not intimidated at all. Im very excited to skate for them. I love to hear them cheer for me. I just want them to skate with me." -- With files from The Canadian Press Air Max 95 Italia . Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers were left fretting over an MRI on the stars left knee. 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Scarpe Nike Outlet . -- Clayton Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu will be the Dodgers starting pitchers in their two-game season-opening series in Australia against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Scarpe Scontatissime Online .The Los Angeles Lakers star passed Michael Jordan for third on the NBAs career scoring list Sunday night in a 100-94 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.BELMONT, Mich. -- Inbee Park found a new putter -- and her old touch. The South Korean player took the second-round lead Friday in the Meijer LPGA Classic, birdieing her first three holes en route to her second straight 5-under 66. The third-ranked Park finished on the front nine, adding birdies on the par-5 fifth and eighth holes in her bogey-free round at Blythefield Country Club. She won six times last year and took the Manulife Financial in June in Canada for her 10th LPGA Tour title. "My putting feels like Im back to last year," Park said. "Hopefully, I can hole some more putts the next two days." After using a mallet putter since 2008, Park tried a friends blade putter Tuesday and started making putts. She hasnt stopped since with 27 putts in each round after having TaylorMade quickly make her an identical version. "I just never used that style of putter for a long, long time and I just wanted to have a change because I tried everything else and it didnt really work," she said. "This was pretty much my last option." She said the improved putting was especially obvious in the second round. "Yesterday I hit a lot of the shots closer, but today I made 15 to 20-footers, at least a couple of them," she said. Fourth-ranked Suzann Pettersen was a stroke back. The Norwegian player matched the course record with a 64. South Koreas Mirim Lee also shot 64 to reach 8 under, and South Koreas Amy Yang was fourth at 7 under after a 67. Second-ranked Lydia Ko, the 17-year-old New Zealand player comingg off a victory in the Marathon Classic in Sylvania, Ohio, was tied for fifth at 5 under after a 68.dddddddddddd Germanys Sandra Gal, the first-round leader, also was in the group at 5 under, following her opening 65 with a 72. Top-ranked Stacy Lewis, a three-time winner this year, was even-par after a 72. Pettersen, who won the last of her 14 LPGA Tour titles last year, is coming off a three-week break from competition, but free from back pain that hampered her earlier this year and eager to play again. She said it was nice to go low. "Its not like the easiest course if you miss the fairways," she said. "I just tried to play to my strength, hit fairways, hit greens and I made a couple of putts." Lee said she hit the fairways and made long putts. She was clearly elated with her play. "Best round," she said. Ko seemed surprised to be in the hunt and admitted she isnt hitting the ball well. "I had to make an up-and-down a lot of times," she said. "I mean, I was kind of struggling with my long game but luckily my chipping and short game worked really well." Pettersen, who played in the same group, called Ko the chipping queen on the tour. "Its just phenomenal to see such a great touch around the greens," she said. Womens British Open winner Mo Martin withdrew Friday morning because of a thumb injury. It was unclear if she will play next week in the LPGA Championship. U.S. Womens Open champion Michelle Wie withdrew after nine holes Thursday because of a wrist injury. ' ' '