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Getting to Know the Olympic Women Figure Skaters, in GIFs

Update 2:38 p.m.: The results from Wednesday's ladies' short program are at the bottom of this post. That Olympic moment everyone has been waiting for is here. On Wednesday, the best female figure ...
Reuters

Figure skating: Japan's Asada retiring, has lost 'will to compete'

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, a silver medallist from the 2010 Winter Olympics and three-time world champion, is retiring from the sport after a disappointing season, saying she ...
NBC Sports

Mao Asada looks ahead after 7th at World Championships

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 02: Mao Asada of Japan skates in the Ladies Free Skate on Day 6 of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016 at TD Garden on April 2, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by ...
Reuters

Japan's Asada wavering on retirement from competition

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who rebounded from a disastrous short program at the Sochi Olympics to gain the best score of her career in the free skate, is now wavering on ...