Asada honored for Guinness World Record achievement

Asada honored for Guinness World Record achievement

TOKYO, Japan - Newly crowned world champion Mao Asada speaks to spectators at an award ceremony at National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo on April 11, 2010, after she received recognition by Guinness World Records for her landing of a total of three triple axels at the Vancouver Olympics. The record by Asada, who won the silver medal in Vancouver, will be among those published in the 2011 edition of the Guinness World Records set to go on sale in September.

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