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World figure skating champ Asada hires new coach (AP)

Yahoo Sports - 09/07/2010

Two-time world figure skating champion Mao Asada of Japan says 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 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.

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Skating champion Kim Yu-na to train in Los Angeles (AP)

Yahoo Sports - 09/07/2010

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is set to train in Los Angeles. Although for how long and under whose tutelage still remains to be seen. Since splitting from her longtime coach Brian Orser in a public spat last month, Kim had remained coy on her future plans. Kim eliminated some of the mystery on Tuesday, confirming she would be moving her training base from Canada to Artesia on the...

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Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na to train in Los Angeles

ESPN - 09/07/2010

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is set to train in Los Angeles. Although for how long and under whose tutelage still remain to be seen.

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Two-time world figure skating champion Mao Asada hires new coach

ESPN - 09/07/2010

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

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Skating champion Kim Yu-na to train in Los Angeles

USA Today - 09/07/2010

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is set to train in Los Angeles. Although for how long and under whose tutelage still remains to be ...

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Skating champion Kim Yu-na to train in Los Angeles

NBC Sports - 09/07/2010

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is set to train in Los Angeles. Although for how long and under whose tutelage still remains to be seen.

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Champion Kim Yu-na to train in Los Angeles (AP)

Yahoo Sports - 09/06/2010

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is moving her training base from Canada to California. Kim's management agency AT Sports says that the 20-year-old South Korean is training at the East West Ice Palace in Artesia in the outskirts of Los Angeles. The agency says that Kim, who parted ways with Brian Orser last month, doesn't have a new coach yet.

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Munich bid leader resigns due to health problems (AP)

Yahoo Sports - 09/06/2010

The leader of Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics resigned for health reasons Monday, leaving figure skating great Katarina Witt with a more prominent role in the campaign. Willy Bogner announced last week that he had an unspecified bowel disease. On Monday, he said he was stepping down after doctors recommended he avoid long-distance travel.

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Olympic champion Kim Yu-na moves training base to Los Angeles from Toronto

ESPN - 09/06/2010

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is moving her training base from Canada to California.

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Figure staking: Lysacek won't compete in 2010 (AP)

Yahoo Sports - 09/02/2010

Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek is taking some time off. How much time off, he hasn't decided. Lysacek said Thursday he won't compete the rest of this year, meaning he will skip the Grand Prix season. But he still wants to skate, and hasn't ruled out the U.S. championships in mid-January.

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