Miki edges Mao for gold, World team announced.

Mao's return to form is almost complete. She has earned the chance to fight another day at the World Championships in Tokyo in March.

But it was Miki Ando who pipped her to the gold in Nagano. Mini-Mao, Kanako Murakami took the bronze and proved she is definitely a contender for the future.

Top 4
1. Miki Ando 202.34
2. Mao Asada 193.69
3. Kanako Murakami 187.52
4. Akiko Suzuki 175.96

I predict Akiko will miss out on a spot at worlds but certainly has the quality to be Four Continents champion!

Takahashi & Tran took the pairs gold
The Reed siblings won the dance
(no surprises there!)

Event Results

UPDATE

Team Japan for international events (as reported by Katze on twitter)
Worlds (Tokyo, late March)
Takahashi/Tran Reed/Reed Takahiko Kozuka, Nobunari Oda, Daisuke Takahashi Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Kanako Murakami
Jr Worlds (Korea, late Feb- early March)
Kento Nakamura, Keiji Tanaka, Ryuichi Kihara, Risa Shoji, Yuki Nishino, Miyabi Ohba, Takahashi/Tran, Komatsubara/Mizutani
4CC (Taipei, mid February)
Takahiko Kozuka, Daisuke Takahashi, Yuzuru Hanyu, Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki, Takahashi/Tran, Reed/Reed
Asian Games (Kazakhstan, early February)
Takahito Mura, Tatsuki Machida, Kanako Murakami, Haruka Imai, Reed/Reed
Winter Universiade (Turkey, late Jan -early Feb)
Nobu Oda, Daisuke Murakami, Shoko Ishikawa, Shion Kokubun, Emi Hirai/Taiyo Mizutani