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Figure skating: Japan star Asada set retire after Sochi

April 14, 2013 03:45
Japanese figure skating star Mao Asada, the 2008 and 2010 world champion, said Sunday she would retire from competition after next year's Sochi Winter Olympics. "At the moment, that is what I intend to do," Asada, the runner-up to South Korea's Kim Yu-Na in their Olympic debut at the 2010 Vancouver Games, told reporters when asked about her possible retirement after Sochi. "I began to think about it little by little at the start of this year," the 22-year-old said as she prepared for an exhibition after the season-closing World Team Trophy competition in Tokyo.

Figure skating: Chan switches focus to Olympics

April 14, 2013 01:15
Three-time world figure skating champion Patrick Chan hopes moving his training base will be the key to Olympic success next year after falling on the ice several times at Tokyo's World Team Trophy. The 22-year-old will bid for his first Olympic medal in the Russian resort of Sochi at the 2014 Winter Games and is banking on a switch in his preparation venue from Colorado Springs to Detroit to help secure the elusive accolade.

Figure skating: US lift Team Trophy, Suzuki wins women title

April 13, 2013 08:46
Americans Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold bowed to Japan's veteran Akiko Suzuki in the women's singles but powered their country to overall victory in the World Team Trophy in Tokyo Saturday. Suzuki, 28, second in Thursday's short programme, gave all she had to score her personal best of 133.02 points and top the free skate table to win overall with 199.58, also her personal record. Wagner, the US national champion, finished second overall on 188.60 and her home rival, 17-year-old Gold, third on 188.03.

Figure skating: Chan falls three times at World Team Trophy

April 12, 2013 10:30
World champion Patrick Chan tumbled three times in his free skate but combined with Kevin Reynolds to lift Canada into second spot behind the United States at the World Team Trophy competition Friday. Chan, fresh from his third straight world triumph and cushioned by a solid lead from the short programme, still finished second overall behind Grand Prix Final winner Daisuke Takahashi of Japan in the men's singles.

Figure skating: Chan dazzles at Team Trophy despite spill

April 11, 2013 09:31
World champion Patrick Chan fell and stumbled after two big jumps but still dominated the men's short programme while hosts Japan took the lead after the first day of the World Team Trophy Thursday. With a 5.80-point lead going into the final free skate on Friday, the 22-year-old Canadian was quick to praise the six-nation event as a dry run for a similar team competition due to make its Olympic debut in Sochi next year.

Figure skating: Chan leading Canada's Team Trophy drive

April 10, 2013 01:15
Three-times world champion Patrick Chan will be trying to end his rocky pre-Olympic season in style as he leads Canada's drive to win the World Team Trophy for the first time in Tokyo this week. Chan bagged a third straight men's gold medal at the world figure skating championships four weeks ahead of this six-nation team competition, which opens on Thursday as the grand finale to the 2012-2013 season. Canada finished runners-up to the United States in the inaugural World Team Trophy in 2009 and third behind hosts Japan and the US last year, both in Tokyo.

(Yonhap Interview) Korean-Canadian designer-podiums

March 26, 2013 22:30
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- When South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na won the ladies' competition at the recent world championships in London, Canada, at least one Korean-Canadian supported her, both figuratively and literally. James Lee, an industrial designer born and bred in Vancouver, created the medal podium used at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships earlier this month. And even to untrained eyes, it was apparent that Lee's work wasn't your typical, run-of-the-mill, square-shaped podium.

(Yonhap Interview) Korean-Canadian designer-podiums

March 26, 2013 20:01
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- When South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na won the ladies' competition at the recent world championships in London, Canada, at least one Korean-Canadian supported her, both figuratively and literally. James Lee, an industrial designer born and bred in Vancouver, created the medal podium used at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships earlier this month. And even to untrained eyes, it was apparent that Lee's work wasn't your typical, run-of-the-mill, square-shaped podium.

Kim Yu-na-Olympics

March 20, 2013 04:30
By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Fresh off a dominating victory at the recent world championships, South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na said Wednesday that she will now shift her focus to the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi, Russia. Kim arrived back from London, Canada, where she overwhelmed the competition to capture the ladies' event at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships for her second world title.

Kim Yu-na-talent

March 17, 2013 20:01
LONDON, Canada, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Musing on her latest accomplishment in an already illustrious figure skating career, South Korean star Kim Yu-na said here Sunday she thinks she's aided in no small part by her natural talent.
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