Figure skater Asada picks Japanese coach

Subject: Figure skater Asada picks Japanese coach Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:15 am

Figure skater Asada picks Japanese coach

- Source, CBC Sports

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Mao Asada of Japan won gold at the world championships and silver at the Olympics but had decided to change coaches. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)

Two-time world figure skating champion Mao Asada of Japan said Tuesday that her new coach will be Nobuo Sato.

The 19-year-old Asada has been looking for a coach since parting ways with Russian coach Tatiana Tarasova after winning the world championships in March.

The 68-year-old Sato, who represented Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics, has coached Miki Ando, Fumie Suguri and his daughter Yuka Sato in the past.

He is the current coach of Takahiko Kozuka and is a member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

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