Mao Asada announces comeback
After a year off from competition, three-time world champion Mao Asada announced Monday morning that she's coming back to the sport.
''As time passed, I realized that I missed competing and wanted the sense of fulfillment again,'' she said. ''I'm practicing every day to get back into competitive form again.''
The Japanese skater captured silver in Vancouver in 2010. She finished sixth in Sochi.
Asada would have been the heavy favorite in 2006. Only 15 years old at the time, though, she missed the Olympic age cut-off by less than a month. By 2010 there was no stopping South Korea's Kim Yuna, who won in Vancouver by a margin of more than 20 points.
Despite the final score, Asada remains the only woman to land three triple-axels in a single competition.At the 2014 World Championships, she set a new world record for ladies' short program score.
Asada, 24, said she hasn't yet thought about the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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