Japan selects team for world figure skating c'ships

Japan selects team for world figure skating c'ships

(From L) Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Rika Hongo, Mao Asada, Satoko Miyahara, Sumire Sudo and Francis Boudreau Audet pose for a photo at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo on Dec. 27, 2015, after being selected to represent Japan at the world figure skating championships in Boston in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan pair last in Team Trophy short program

Japan pair last in Team Trophy short program

Ami Koga (R) and Francis Boudreau Audet, representing Japan, perform in the pairs short program on the second day of the World Team Trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 17, 2015. They finished last among the six pairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto and Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform their pairs free program at the International Team Trophy in Tokyo on April 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto and Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform their pairs free program at the International Team Trophy in Tokyo on April 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto and Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform during the pairs short program at the International Team Trophy in Tokyo on April 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto, Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform at Team Trophy

Sumire Suto and Francis Boudrewu-Audet perform during the pairs short program at the International Team Trophy in Tokyo on April 21, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Figure skating: Suto, Boudreau-Audet win 2nd straight nat'l pairs title

Figure skating: Suto, Boudreau-Audet win 2nd straight nat'l pairs title

Canada's Francis Boudreau-Audet (bottom) lifts his partner Sumire Suto in the free program at the pairs competition of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2016. The pair won the title for the second year in a row with a total score of 160.25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Figure skating: Suto, Boudreau-Audet win 2nd straight nat'l pairs title

Figure skating: Suto, Boudreau-Audet win 2nd straight nat'l pairs title

Sumire Suto (L) performs with her Canadian partner Francis Boudreau-Audet in the free program at the pairs competition of the national figure skating championships in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 23, 2016. The pair won the title for the second year in a row with a total score of 160.25. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo