Asada ready to resume rivalry with Kim at worlds

Asada ready to resume rivalry with Kim at worlds

NAGOYA, Japan - Vancouver Olympics silver medalist Mao Asada departs from Chubu airport in Aichi Prefecture for Turin, Italy, on March 23, 2010, to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships. Asada, who finished a distant second to South Korea's Kim Yu Na at the Winter Games, is determined to break Kim's total dominance of the rink.

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