SOCHI SCENE: Japan’s other skaters

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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Yuzuru Hanyu was becoming the first Japanese man to win an Olympic figure skating title Friday night, his countrymen were doing pretty well, too.

Tatsuki Machida was fifth, rallying from 11th place after the short program. Daisuke Takahashi, the 2010 bronze medalist, came in sixth.

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