Figure skating star Mao Asada announced plans to open a skating rink bearing her name in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, in autumn 2024. “It would be helpful for skaters if the facility has restaurants that ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) Mao Asada is still trying triple axels. More important at the Sochi Olympics, perhaps, is the renewed focus on the rest of her jumps. The Japanese star now does just one triple axel ...

We've already heard juicy tales of "ambush marketing" from these Olympics, but I think the case of Mao Asada is more tasty than those. Literally. Asada, the Japanese figure skater who is expected to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese figure skater Mao Asada will take a season off from competitive skating and says there is a 50 percent chance she will return to the sport. Speaking at a news conference Monday, ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Back and forth they go, trading titles in a figure skating version of leapfrog. Mao Asada wins the world title one year, Kim Yu-na the next. Kim wins the Grand Prix final ...

Japan's Mao Asada, 23, is the 2010 Winter Olympic silver medalist and one of the favorites in the women's figure skating competition in Sochi. Allar's selection has no impact whatsoever on the team's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mao Asada of Japan competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter ...

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TOKYO (AP) The head of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic organizing committee has criticized Japanese figure skater Mao Asada's performance in the women's short program at the Sochi Olympics. The two-time world ...