Mao Asada returned to practice here on Sunday following several days of training in Yerevan, Armenia. Mao trained for 40 minutes at the Iceberg Skating Palace along with teammates Akiko Suzuki, Kanako Murakami and three other skaters.
Mao and Suzuki worked on their free skates, while Murakami went through her short program during the session.
Mao landed several triple axels and a triple flip/triple loop combination jump. It is obvious that the Japan team is doing everything it can to boost Mao's confidence heading into Wednesday's short program. Whenever she hit a triple axel, the coaches and trainers all clapped, their cheers echoing around the nearly empty cavernous arena.