TOKYO (AP) β Japan’s Mao Asada will attempt a return to competitive figure skating after taking a year off from the sport.
Speaking at a news conference Monday, Asada said she misses competition and decided by herself to attempt a comeback.
The 24-year-old Asada captured her third world title at the 2014 figure skating world championships in Japan, which followed a sixth-place finish at the Sochi Olympics.
Exactly a year ago, Asada said she needed to take a break from skating.
Asada said she isn’t sure when her first competition will be and that she hasn’t thought yet about the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Asada began figure skating at the age of five and made her senior debut in the 2005-06 season. She won her first world title in 2008.
