TOKYO -- 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. Mao Asada said there is a 50 percent ...

Japan’s Mao Asada shows her gold medal during the awards ceremony of the ladies free skating competition at the world figure skating championships in Saitama on March 29, 2014. Japan’s Mao Asada won ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gold medalist Mao Asada, left, of Japan and bronze medalist Carolina Kostner, right, of Italy pose for photographers with their ...

SHANGHAI -- Two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan rallied to win the Cup of China after a strong performance in the free skate on Saturday. Asada, who was second after Friday's short program, ...

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 ...