Asada set for emotional return at national c'ships

Asada set for emotional return at national c'ships

OSAKA, Japan - Former two-time world champion Mao Asada practices in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. She has vowed to pull out all the stops in what is set to be a highly emotional return to the rink at the national championships getting under way the following day, after the recent death of her mother Kyoko.

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