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Mura pulls out of Skate America

Takahito Mura will sit out Skate America, the fifth event of the Grand Prix series, due to hernia of the intervertebral disk, senior Japan Skating Federation official Nobuhiko Yoshioka said Friday. Mura, who came third at the national championships last... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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