Reporting from Vancouver, Canada — Less than two months before the 2006 Olympics, Mao Asada of Japan became the first woman to land two triple-axel jumps in the same program. And Asada wasn’t ...

Retired figure skater Mao Asada, who won silver for Japan at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, announced Thursday she is ...

At first, it was all about the jumps. Mao Asada and Kim Yu-Na thought figure skating revolved around salchows, lutzes and loops. Asada especially because she could land a triple axel, a 3 1/2 ...

SOCHI, Russia — Two-time figure skating world champion Mao Asada, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, was hopelessly out of medal contention after Wednesday’s disastrous short program ...

But second place Mao Asada has one weapon that Kim cannot match: the triple Axel. Realistically, a triple Axel is the only thing in the Pacific Coliseum tonight that threatens Kim’s grip on gold ...

Mao Asada of Japan skates her short program at Skate America 2013 in Detroit, Michigan October 19, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FIGURE SKATING) REUTERS DETROIT -- While the ...

Mao Asada of Japan reacts after competing in the Figure Skating Ladies' Free Skating on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Paul Gilham / Today Almost as soon as Japanese figure skater Mao ...

Born early in the Heisei Era, three-time figure skating world champion Mao Asada became one of Japan's most prominent individuals on the international scene during her storied career, while also ...

Reigning Olympic silver medalist and figure skating superstar Mao Asada currently sits in 16th place following Wednesday's ladies' short program at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi.

MOSCOW -- Japanese skaters Yuzuru Hanyu and Mao Asada overcame errors in their free skates Saturday to win Rostelecom Cup titles and qualify for next month's ISU Grand Prix final. The 16-year-old ...

Mao Asada, a three-time world champion in figure skating, has returned to training after taking a year off from her sport. Asada made the announcement Monday on her blog. “Now I think I want to ...