All posts tagged "Mao Asada"
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966Golden Skate VideosA tribute to Mao Asada
Highly-decorated Mao Asada of Japan announced her retirement from competitive figure skating on April 10, 2017. We thank her for the wonderful...
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1.1KFigure Skating NewsEvgenia Medvedeva unbeatable again in Paris
Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia once more reigned supreme and won the Ladies competition at 2016 Trophee de France with 21 points to...
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1.0KFigure Skating NewsAshley Wagner: “It was sticky but I got it done”
USA’s Ashley Wagner harnessed the momentum of last season’s world silver medal to win a second Skate America title in Chicago, Ill.,...
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1.3KFigure Skating NewsOne more time for Japan’s Mao Asada
Exactly one year ago, Japan’s Mao Asada, who had been taking a rest from competition since she claimed her third world title...
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1.0KGolden Skate VideosRafael Arutyunyan on Mao Asada
Ted Flett talks to Rafael Arutyunyan on Japan’s Mao Asada, their partnership, and the reason behind the split. Feel free to share...
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791Figure Skating News2015-16 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating: Ladies Preview
For the first time in recent years, every single competitor in the Ladies’ discipline at the 2015-2016 ISU Grand Prix Final has...
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Asada spearheads Japanese Ladies podium sweep at Four Continents
Japan’s Mao Asada is truly back. The two-time World Champion spearheaded a Japanese podium sweep in the Ladies event at the 2013...
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Asada leads Japanese Ladies to short program sweep at Four Continents
Mao Asada led the Japanese ladies to a sweep in the Short Program at the 2013 ISU Four Continents Championships in Osaka,...
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Asada wins third Grand Prix Final title in Sochi
Seven years after her triumph in Torino (Italy), and three years after her victory in Goyang City (Korea), Japan’s Mao Asada won...
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Asada nails Short Program at Grand Prix Final
In the first event of the Senior part of the 2012-13 ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating, Japan’s Mao Asada edged...
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Asada edges out Suzuki for NHK Trophy gold
Mao Asada of Japan edged out teammate Akiko Suzuki by just 0.05 points to capture the gold medal at the 2012 NHK...
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Asada leads ladies at 2012 NHK Trophy
Japan’s Mao Asada, looking confident and happy, skated to the lead in the Ladies figure skating Short Program at the 2012 NHK...
Did you Know?
Gillis Grafström (7 June 1893 – 14 April 1938) of Sweden invented the flying sit spin and the Grafström spin, a variation of the camel spin. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men’s Figure Skating (1920, 1924, 1928) as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships (1922, 1924, 1929).