All posts tagged "Mao Asada"
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1.4KGolden 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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1.6KFigure 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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1.3KFigure 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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1.9KFigure 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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1.3KGolden 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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1.0KFigure 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?
Daisuke Takahashi became the first Japanese single men’s figure skater to win an Olympic medal (the bronze) at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was also the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final, Takahashi made history again as the first Japanese man to win a gold medal in the event, an addition to his previous accomplishment of being the first Japanese man to medal at the event in 2005. More on Daisuke Takahashi in the GS Forum!