Three years may seem like a very long time for someone so young, but teen figure skating sensation Mao Asada already knows what she wants to be doing in 2010 -- winning Olympic gold.

News photoMao Asada, the 16-year-old silver medalist at last month's World Figure Skating Championships, answers questions during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Friday. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO

The 16-year-old Asada, fresh from her silver medal at last month's World Figure Skating Championships, hopes to fulfill a dream at the Vancouver Winter Games and emulate compatriot Shizuka Arakawa, who won gold at the 2006 Turin Games -- in which Asada was too young to compete.