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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Figure Skating</title>
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		<title>Oda captures Nebelhorn Trophy title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nobunari Oda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nobunari Oda won his second straight title at the Nebelhorn Trophy on Saturday, easily beating junior world silver medalist Jason Brown. Oda finished with 262.98 points, more than 34 in front of the American. Jeremy Ten of Canada, who has been battling injuries for much of the last four seasons, was third. In dance, American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ando finishes second in comeback</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reigning world junior champion Elena Radionova made a triumphant debut at the senior level Friday, winning the Nebelhorn Trophy in commanding fashion. The Russian finished with 188.21 points, more than 25 points in front of two-time world champion Miki Ando. This was the first competition in two years for Ando, who announced in July that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim to miss Grand Prix events: report</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/26/figure-skating/kim-to-miss-grand-prix-events-report/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kim-to-miss-grand-prix-events-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Kim Yu Na]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two-time world figure skating champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea will sit out upcoming Grand Prix events because of a foot injury, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. The Korea Skating Union said Kim suffered an injury to her metatarsal on her right foot during training and could be sidelined for up to six weeks, Yonhap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carroll to coach U.S. skater Gold</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/26/figure-skating/carroll-to-coach-u-s-skater-gold/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=carroll-to-coach-u-s-skater-gold</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gracie Gold is switching coaches to Frank Carroll, who helped Evan Lysacek win the gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Gold lived in the Chicago area and trained with Alex Ouriashev, but they split in August. The current U.S. silver medalist, who also won silver at the International Figure Skating Classic in Salt Lake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim selects program music as road to Sochi begins</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/06/more-sports/kim-selects-program-music-as-road-to-sochi-begins/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kim-selects-program-music-as-road-to-sochi-begins</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 10:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kim Yu Na]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sochi Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Defending world and Olympic champion Kim Yu-na has selected the music for the programs she hopes will carry her to a second straight gold medal next year at the Sochi Games. Kim, who turned 23 on Thursday, will skate to &#8220;Send in the Clowns&#8221; for her short program. The song is from the 1973 musical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ando warns media to back off</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/08/05/figure-skating/ando-warns-media-to-back-off/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ando-warns-media-to-back-off</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two-time former world figure skating champion Miki Ando, who gave birth to a baby girl in April, has asked the media to respect her privacy as she continues her preparations to return to competition for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Appearing at her first news conference since revealing in an exclusive TV Asahi interview in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ando reveals she gave birth in April</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/07/03/figure-skating/ando-reveals-she-gave-birth-in-april/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ando-reveals-she-gave-birth-in-april</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-time world figure skating champion Miki Ando has revealed she secretly had a baby during a break from competition, but vowed to come back and seek a spot in next year&#8217;s Sochi Olympics. Pictures showing the 25-year-old and her baby girl were splashed over the front pages of sports dailies Tuesday, the morning after her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mao to skate at Japan Open</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/06/20/more-sports/mao-to-skate-at-japan-open/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mao-to-skate-at-japan-open</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mao Asada will skate for Japan at this year&#8217;s Japan Open team competition, the Japan Skating Federation announced Wednesday. Mao will be joined by Daisuke Takahashi and Takahiko Kozuka on the men&#8217;s side for the competition that will pit Japan against teams from North America and Europe at Saitama Super Arena on Oct. 5. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earliest Mao, Kim can face off is at GP Final in Fukuoka</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/06/05/more-sports/earliest-mao-kim-can-face-off-is-at-gp-final-in-fukuoka/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=earliest-mao-kim-can-face-off-is-at-gp-final-in-fukuoka</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[figure skating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Yu Na]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympic season officially began with the release of the 2013-2014 Grand Prix assignments on Monday by the International Skating Union. With the Sochi Games just nine months away, fans hoping to see an early showdown between 2010 Olympic gold medalist and defending world champion Kim Yu-na and Vancouver silver medalist Mao Asada were disappointed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ando eager to compete again</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/05/31/more-sports/ando-eager-to-compete-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ando-eager-to-compete-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/05/31/more-sports/ando-eager-to-compete-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 15:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former world champion Miki Ando said Thursday she wants to return to competition next season as she prepares to take part in her first exhibition ice show in nine months in Tokyo this weekend. &#8220;I want to compete as a skater,&#8221; Ando said at a news conference ahead of the two-day exhibition at Yoyogi National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mao certain to face massive pressure if she tries to retire</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/24/more-sports/mao-certain-to-face-massive-pressure-if-she-tries-to-retire/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mao-certain-to-face-massive-pressure-if-she-tries-to-retire</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sochi Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mao Asada’s recent proclamation at the World Team Trophy that she “intends” to retire after next year’s Sochi Olympics took many by surprise, but I think the proclamation is far from set in stone.]]></description>
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		<title>Suzuki&#8217;s stellar performance guides Japan to bronze</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/14/more-sports/suzukis-stellar-performance-guides-japan-to-bronze/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suzukis-stellar-performance-guides-japan-to-bronze</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akiko Suzuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Team Trophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a brilliant performance on Saturday, Akiko Suzuki carries Japan to a bronze-medal finish at the World Team Trophy.]]></description>
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		<title>Takahashi triumphs in men&#8217;s singles competition</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/13/more-sports/takahashi-triumphs-in-mens-singles-competition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=takahashi-triumphs-in-mens-singles-competition</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daisuke Takahashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Team Trophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Daisuke Takahashi came from behind to win the men&#8217;s singles on Friday night to keep Japan in the hunt for a medal at the World Team Trophy. Despite making several mistakes in his free skate to &#8220;I Pagliacci&#8221; at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Takahashi prevailed after three-time defending world champion Patrick Chan of Canada suffered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suzuki rescues Japan after Mao stumbles</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/12/more-sports/suzuki-rescues-japan-after-mao-stumbles/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=suzuki-rescues-japan-after-mao-stumbles</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akiko Suzuki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daisuke Takahashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Akiko Suzuki and Daisuke Takahashi lift Japan to the top of the World Team Trophy standings.]]></description>
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		<title>Kim serves notice she is still force to be reckoned with</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/20/more-sports/kim-serves-notice-she-is-still-force-to-be-reckoned-with/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kim-serves-notice-she-is-still-force-to-be-reckoned-with</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kanako Murakami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Yu Na]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miki Ando]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is as if time has stood still. Three years after her record-setting performance in winning the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, Kim Yu Na put on a sensational show in capturing her second world title last week in London, Ontario. It was an incredible display of technique and artistry as she glided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chan world champion again</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/03/17/more-sports/chan-world-champion-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=chan-world-champion-again</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Patrick Chan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuzuru Hanyu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Chan wins his third consecutive title at the World Figure Skating Championships.]]></description>
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		<title>Hanyu looks to shine at world championships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brian Orser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daisuke Takahashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mao Asada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burgeoning teenage talent Yuzuru Hanyu will be looking to sparkle with a gem of a performance for Sendai when the world championships start this week. Sendai-born Hanyu will be competing at the worlds just days after the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated Tohoku. The disaster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mao triumphant at Four Continents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hueston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mao Asada leads a Japanese sweep of the women's medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.]]></description>
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		<title>Mao executes triple axel to take lead; Reynolds wins men&#8217;s title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hueston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mao Asada lands a triple axel and wins the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.]]></description>
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		<title>Hanyu grabs lead after short program; Takahashi sits in fourth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yuzuru Hanyu, the 2012 national champion, wins the men's short program with an impressive performance at the Four Continents.]]></description>
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		<title>Mao recognizes challenges as she returns to spotlight at Four Continents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hueston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The level I am at now is the best for now, but I want to push myself even more looking toward the world championships," says the two-time world champion.]]></description>
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		<title>Figure skater Takahashi plans to retire after 2014 Sochi Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reigning Grand Prix Final men&#8217;s figure skating champion Daisuke Takahashi said Saturday he plans on retiring after the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. &#8220;I think my amateur career will end with Sochi,&#8221; said the 26-year-old Takahashi, who took part in an ice dance exhibition the same day at Osaka Namihaya Dome. &#8220;I want to enjoy the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuktamysheva claims Russian title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, the junior world championship runnerup and Youth Olympics winner, clinched her first Russian figure skating title on Thursday despite coming close to pulling out through injury. Tuktamysheva, who won with a personal best of 196.57 points, had complained of a foot injury after her short program and was very close to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling Plushenko earns title</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yevgeny Plushenko overcame severe back pain to clinch his 10th Russian figure skating title on Wednesday on the same Sochi ice where the 2014 Winter Olympics will take place. Former triple world champion Plushenko, the 2006 Olympic gold medalist, who was leading the men&#8217;s section after the short programme, confirmed his domination at the newly-built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plushenko sets early tone in Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia&#8217;s 2006 Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko grabbed the lead in the men&#8217;s competition at the Russian figure skating championships on Tuesday at the venue in Sochi where he hopes to crown his career with a second Olympic title in 2014. The 30-year-old former three-time world champion, who is bidding for his 10th national title at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suzuki says next season will be her last</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Akiko Suzuki, who finished a disappointing fourth at the national championships over the weekend, announced on Monday that she would retire from competition after next season. The 27-year-old Suzuki, who will represent Japan at the world championships in March, could compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics before hanging up her skates. She held the lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mao comes through to win national title</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hueston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mao Asada, Kanako Murakami and Akiko Suzuki were all named to compete at the world figure skating championships in March, the Japan Skating Federation said Sunday. Yuzuru Hanyu, who won his first national title a day earlier, Grand Prix Final winner Daisuke Takahashi and Takahito Mura, the bronze medalist here, were selected on the men&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanyu captures first national title; Suzuki leads after women&#8217;s short program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yuzuru Hanyu held fast to his commanding overnight lead against Daisuke Takahashi en route to his first national crown at the Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Saturday In the end the gulf was too large for defending champion Takahashi to bridge in the men&#8217;s free skate as the 18-year-old Hanyu scored a total of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanyu dazzles in short program, takes commanding lead over Takahashi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hueston</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yuzuru Hanyu propelled himself into the lead with an electrifying performance in the men&#8217;s short program, stunning defending champion Daisuke Takahashi at the Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Friday. The 18-year-old boy wonder riveted the crowd at Makomanai Ice Arena with his performance to the jazzy &#8220;Parisienne Walkways&#8221; by Gary Moore en route to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mao, Kim begin road to second Olympic showdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s strong showing at the recent Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, set the table for what promises to be a fascinating 14 months leading up to the 2014 Olympic Games in the same city. With six of the 12 skaters in singles being Japanese, the odds were in favor of the Hinomaru going in, [...]]]></description>
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