Japan ice hockey player sees neck surgery scar as strength

SOCHI, Russia - Japan defender Ayaka Toko in women's ice hockey, shown at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014, says the surgery scar on her neck after treatment for a thyroid gland illness is a sign of her strength.

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