Minagawa to continue Alpine ski career

TOKYO, Japan - Alpine skier Kentaro Minagawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 16, 2010, saying he will continue his career with the aim of winning a medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The 32-year-old Minagawa, the husband of moguls skier Aiko Uemura, had told Ski Association of Japan officials in late January of his intention to retire after the Vancouver Olympics.

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