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Mao in 3rd place at Skate Canada

QUEBEC CITY (Kyodo) Mao Asada got off to a slow start to in her Grand Prix campaign at Skate Canada on Friday after a series of mistakes on jumps saw her finish third in the women's short program. Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Nov 04 2007

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