{
  "id": 20166944,
  "title": "Figure skating: Japan's Nakai leads after Skate America short program",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/figure-skating-japans-nakai-leads-after-skate-america-short-program",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T11:30:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261115/p2g/00m/0sp/044000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japan's Olympic bronze medalist Ami Nakai has surged into the lead after the women's short program at Skate America, posting a season-best score of 82.20 points. This performance marks the highest women's short-program score in the world this season, surpassing the previous season-best of 82.11 set by fellow Japanese skater Mao Shimada at Skate Canada International. Nakai's poised performance has put her on track for a place in the Grand Prix Final in Chongqing, China, in December.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Figure Skating-Malinin opens season in style with Skate America title",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/figure-skating-malinin-opens-season-in-style-with-skate-america-title",
        "published": "2026-11-15T06:43:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}