(1)Honda 4th in men's figure skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Takeshi Honda jumps during his performance in the men's figure skating event of the 2002 Winter Olympics at the Salt Lake Ice Center on Feb. 14. Honda came in 4th, earning Japan's highest finish ever in men's figure skating, surpassing the eighth-place performances of Nobuo Sato at the 1964 Innsbruck (Austria) Games and Mitsuru Matsumura in Lake Placid (the U.S.) in 1980.