MILAN (AP) — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the “Blade Angels” on Tuesday night. Nakai rode her opening triple axel to a career-best 78.71 points in her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics,

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Russian Adeliia Petrosian, 18, skating as a neutral athlete because of the official ban of Russia from the Olympics, dazzled in the early moments of Tuesday’s short program at Milan Ice Skating Arena and finished the night in fifth place, within sight of the competitors ahead of her going into the free skate.