Mao Asada turns 20

Mao Asada turns 20

TOYOTA, Japan - Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (R) celebrates her birthday by blowing out candles on a cake presented by reporters at Chukyo University, where she is a student, in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2010. Beside Asada is her new coach Nobuo Sato. (Kyodo)

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