Figure skater Asada returns to university after Olympics

Figure skater Asada returns to university after Olympics

TOYOTA, Japan - Mao Asada, who won the silver medal in the women's figure skating at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, receives a bouquet from a fellow student of Chukyo University in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture on March 3, 2010, a day after returning from Vancouver. (Kyodo)

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