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Mao Asada (浅田 真央, Asada Mao, born 25 September 1990) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater.She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14).
2008 and 2010 World champion, Mao Asada of Japan, broke the previous world record set by Kim Yuna in the short program, scoring 78.66, 1.42 points ahead of the 2012 World champion, Carolina Kostner of Italy, and 4.12 ahead of the 2014 European champion, Yulia Lipnitskaya. Asada also placed first in the free skating by a margin of five points.
Skaters competed for medals, prize money, and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The series set the stage for the 2014 European, Four Continents, the World Championships, as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics and each country's national championships. The corresponding series for junior-level skaters was the 2013–14 ISU Junior Grand Prix.
On 21 February 2014, the International Skating Union (ISU) issued a statement which asserted all rules and procedures were applied during the competition and declared confidence "in the high quality and integrity of the ISU judging system", noting "judges were selected by random drawing from a pool of 13 potential judges" and that all nine judges on the free skating panel were from different ...
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by 1 July 2013 were eligible to compete at two senior 2013–14 Grand Prix events – including the 2013 Skate America, 2013 Skate Canada International, 2013 Cup of China, 2013 NHK Trophy, 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard, and 2013 Rostelecom Cup – where they earned points according to their results.
She was inexplicably scored above all others in the free program, where most believed she merited only 4th place in the phase behind Yuna, Mao Asada, and Carolina Kostner. Many among them cite that certain judges gave generous scores along with fellow Russian competitor Yulia Lipnitskaya. In particular, numerous +3 grade of executions were ...
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2013 World Championships: Patrick Chan of Canada (center), Denis Ten of Kazakhstan (left), and Javier Fernández of Spain (right) The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the women's event at the 2014 World Championships: Mao Asada of Japan (center), Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia (left), and Carolina Kostner of Italy (right) The ...
The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships (Japanese: 全日本フィギュアスケート選手権) are a figure skating national championship held annually since 1930, to determine the national champions of Japan.