A Japanese female figure skater, Miki Ando won the Japanese National Championship in 2004 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Junior World championship.
World champion Mao Asada won the NHK Trophy on Saturday, qualifying for the International Skating Union's Grand Prix finals and completing a Japanese sweep of the podium.
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:16:51 GMTWorld champion Mao Asada won the NHK Trophy on Saturday, qualifying for the International Skating Union's Grand Prix finals and completing a Japanese sweep of the podium. Asada, first after Friday's short program, skated a near-flawless free program to finish comfortably ahead of compatriot Akiko Suzuki.
Publ.Date : Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:01:07 GMTWorld champion Mao Asada came up short in her bid to make history again Saturday night, trying to land two triple axels in her free skate to become the first female ever to accomplish the feat in the same program in international competition, but was still good enough to lead a Japanese sweep in the ladies singles at the NHK Trophy. Skating before a full house at Yoyogi Gymnasium, Mao opened ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:12:56 GMTWith the Grand Prix season at the halfway mark, and top rival Kim Yu Na of South Korea already having two victories in the bag, world champion Mao Asada finally takes to the ice for the first time in the new campaign when she skates at the Trophee Bompard in Paris this weekend. Mao traveled to the French capital directly from Moscow, where she has been training under coach Tatiana Tarasova. ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:00:52 GMTBEIJING — Former world champion Miki Ando came up short in her bid to overcome South Korea's Kim Yu Na for the second time this season, settling for a runnerup finish at the Cup of China on Saturday. Ando, second to Kim after the short program, under-rotated a triple-triple combination jump in a free skate that did not include a quad attempt and racked up a total of 170.88 points. Kim topped ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:57:13 GMT
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Miki was the first female skater to successfully complete a quadruple salchow jump in competition
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