After bombing in last year's Olympic Winter Games, Miki Ando was written off by just about everybody.
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| Gold medalist Miki Ando, center, and Mao Asada, who took the silver, pose with South Korea's Kim Yu Na, the bronze medalist, shown on the left, on the awards podium at the World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday. KYODO PHOTO |
Considered overweight, lacking in discipline and absent the requisite passion for the sport, her future on the ice appeared grim.